The Unguarded Moment

Noir movie collector
I watched this movie about 8 or 9 years ago and I had been searching for it ever since. I was so happy that Amazon had the movie that I ordered it on the spot. I am in my 60's and this movie is very nostalgic for me. They don't make them like this anymore. I am also a collector of movies from my childhood.

Esther Williams in rare dramatic role
Fresh from her final musical film at MGM ("Jupiter's Darling"), Esther Williams was cast against 'type' in Universal-International's 1956 production of THE UNGUARDED MOMENT, an unsettling little thriller which finds Williams playing a highschool teacher targeted by a depraved sex-fiend.

Ms Williams is Lois Conway, the music teacher at a highschool who has been receiving suggestive notes from a mysterious male pupil. All signs point to brash star football player Leonard Bennett (John Saxon in his leading role debut), but he turns the tables and accuses Lois of trying to seduce him. As the police are brought in to investigate the murder of a woman close to the school, Lois is thrown headlong into a terrifying ordeal as her professional reputation hangs in the balance - not to mention her life...

Williams was approaching the end of her film career at this point. With swimming musicals no longer in fashion, the "Million Dollar Mermaid" explored roles out of the...

Esther does more than swim
Esther Williams is best known for her swimming roles but in this movie she doesn't go near the water, proving that she can act without her trademark swimming scenes. The high school scenes bring back a lot of memories of the way schools looked at one time. Not only the school but the football team uniforms and helmets as well as the cheerleading uniforms. An entertaining mystery that is not too complicated. This is the movie that introduced John Saxton to the screen. good copy! Another good movie from the 50s.

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