6 June 2025

Sudden Fear | Screening at the NFSA

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Screenshot from Sudden Fear.

Sudden Fear Screening at the NFSA. Photo: NFSA

PG | 110 Mins | 1952 | DCP | US | D: David Miller

Newlywed playwright Myra (Joan Crawford) overhears her younger husband (Jack Palance) plotting to kill her with his mistress and decides to turn the tables. From dramatic lighting to dream sequences, bleak twists of fate and the city as a symbol of maze-like entrapment, Sudden Fear is a stunning sampler of noir technique.

‘Like many underrecognized treasures, David Miller’s Sudden Fear fits into and defies different genres, its convention-scrambling partly the result of the fact that the film looks both forward and back.’ – Village Voice

The details

What: Screening of Sudden Fear
When: Sun 13 Jul 1:00 PM
Where: Arc Cinema, NFSA Acton
Cost: $12-16 (+$1.50 booking fee) via the NFSA website

Accessibility

We believe everyone should have the opportunity to experience film. We provide specialised equipment for a range of accessibility needs. Arc Cinema is fully wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 02 6248 2000 or email tickets@nfsa.gov.au

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