I am almost convinced that I saw a version of this (could've been a t.v. movie...) before the Mary Steenburgen/Roddy McDowall version. Did I imagine it? I cannot for the life of me remember the title, but I remember it was about an actress led to a secluded house under false pretenses and kept prisoner there. And I remember when this movie came out thinking to myself, "I've seen this before-!?!"
Any ideas, anyone?
Your intuition hasn't failed you.
Dead of Winter is an unofficial remake of the minor film noir classic My Name Is Julia Ross. That one was released in 1945.
"What makes a movie good or bad is not what it is about, but how it is about it.” Roger Ebert
THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE BUT THE 1945 MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS IS MUCH BETTER, AND NOT REALLY THE SAME STORY AT ALL.
JULIA ROSS IS ONE MOVIE THAT HAS DISAPPEARED. I HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR THIS MOVIE FOR YEARS, BUT TO NO AVAIL.
I GOT A VHS COPY FROM A MOVIE CHANNEL MANY YEARS AGO, AND EVEN THOUGH THE PICTURE IS NOT THE BEST, I TREASURE IT BECAUSE I DOUBT I WILL EVER SEE IT AGAIN.
My Name is Julia Ross appears on Turner Classic Movies from time to time. It just ran tonight.
shareThe director of My Name Is Julia Ross was Joseph Lewis; one of the characters in Dead of Winter is named Joseph Lewis.
shareI had no idea this was a remake until recently. I'd like to find the original movie now.
I saw 'Dead of Winter' on video release back around 1988, and thought it was a really good thriller.
I'll have to find this again... and the original movie.
I "almost" responded to this with the wrong answer. I had no idea about the 1945 version "Julia Ross". What I was thinking of was the movie "Lies" with Ann Dusenbury. It is a VERY similar movie where they trick a woman into playing the part of a girl who is in an ansane asylum......fantastic sleepier of a movie. Very hard to find. I have a copy on VHS, but .....well maybe I need to look to see if it is on DVD. The box art is all black with the word "LIES" on it and the main actress face looking through the letters.
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