Thriller

I Saw What You Did

- Don't laugh little girl, better run for your life. The man you were talking to, has just murdered his wife!

Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.

Release Date : 1965-07-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : William Castle ProductionsUniversal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Libby

Original Name : Andi Garrett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kit

Original Name : Sara Lane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amy Nelson

Original Name : Joan Crawford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Steve Marak

Original Name : John Ireland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave Mannering

Original Name : Leif Erickson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tess

Original Name : Sharyl Locke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ellie Mannering

Original Name : Patricia Breslin

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Austin

Original Name : John Archer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trooper

Original Name : John Crawford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judith Marak

Original Name : Joyce Meadows

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gerald Nyes

Original Name : Tom Hatten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Ward

Original Name : Douglas Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Ward

Original Name : Barbara Wilkin

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Adams

Original Name : Glen Vernon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jill Adams

Original Name : Sara Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linda

Original Name : Janet Hamill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Telephone Operator

Original Name : Dee Carroll

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Sergeant Harris

Original Name : Russ Bender

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Crowther

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Uxoricide! I Saw What You Did is directed by William Castle and written by William P. McGivern. It stars John Ireland, Joan Crawford, Leif Erickson, Andi Garrett, Sara Lane and Sharyl Locke. Music is by Van Alexander (Joseph Gershenson supervising) and cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc. When two teenagers on babysitting duties decide to have fun making prank phone calls, their evening turns sinister when they call up a man who has just murdered his wife… William Castle was of course better known for his gimmicks than for his ability as a film maker, I Saw What You Did shows the best and worst of the great entertainer. Castle produces and directs this one so is accountable for getting the mix completely wrong. At times the picture is genuinely suspenseful, the premise at the core superb, but at others it feels like it wants to be a comedy, further compounded by Alexander’s awful musical score. It’s a score that belongs in something like Bewitched or The Munsters, and quite often takes you out of the thriller zone. Castle unsurprisingly borrows off of some films that influenced his career, but aided by McGivern’s screenplay he manages to put some different spins on the twisty plot developments. It also helps having Biroc (The Killer that Stalked New York/Cry Danger/The Garment Jungle) on photography duty, he’s able to make Castle’s fog scenes appear icy cold, to blend the shadows into the story like foreboding prowlers. Cast wise the elder cast members aren’t stretching themselves here, with Crawford working for food and Ireland on auto-pilot, but the younger actors are great fun and really nail that naivety of youth thing to the max. All told it’s a fun film, if not always for the right reasons. With some Castle invention (eyelet vision?!) and steals – and Biroc on form, there’s more than enough here to compensate for the confusing mix of genres. 6/10