I Wake Up Screaming

(20th Century Fox, 1941)

Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Carole Landis
Laird Cregar




The film is an early example of the film noir style.[1] It is based on the novel with the same title by Steve Fisher, with a screenplay by Fisher and Dwight Taylor. It was one of the few times Betty Grable had a straight dramatic role in a picture.

I Wake Up Screaming was previewed for the press on October 16, 1941 under the title Hot Spot.