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Experiment Perilous (1944)

Directed by Jacques Tourneur · 91 min · Romance, Thriller

14.2 TOPICAL score · #5,126 of 6,776 films

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In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

Experiment Perilous (1944, directed by Jacques Tourneur) has a TOPICAL score of 14.2 - ranked 5,126 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and awards, and lowest on cast. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.5/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 5.8/10 (38 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 14 languages.

Why this score

Each bar: better than this % of the 6,776 films we score. How the score works.

Critics63
Audience21
Awards42
Historical impact15
Lasting engagement20
Cast6
Legacy & cult status-

Starring: George Brent (actor #1,224), Hedy Lamarr (actor #1,750), Paul Lukas (actor #611), Albert Dekker (actor #1,520)

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