Rainey Dawn Laura Wynant has come home from an institution. She lives with her son Howard who seem genuinely concerned for her and her heath and her crabby, money-hungry stepdaughter Caroline. Laura goes for a walk on her large property, all the way out to where the old smokehouse used to be. She sees a dog out there and then hears a cry for help, locates the voice in the cellar that wasn't destroyed of the old place and goes for help. She runs home to tell the story of the woman buried alive out there. No one believes Ms. Wynant's story, they are all thinking she's still not well, but her story is real - quite real.Who is the woman buried out there? Why is she there? Was it some weird accident or was she buried there deliberately? Will Ms. Wynant find help and get to her before she suffocates? Pretty interesting film. I enjoyed it.8/10

dbdumonteil As a very big fan of Mrs De Havilland ,it was a great pleasure for me to see her with her old partner in crime Joseph Cotten (some will remember "hush hush sweet Charlotte" ),even though the latter has a too brief appearance.Ray Bradbury 's short story was modified and her heroine ,a young girl named Margaret ,was replaced by an older lady ,Laura.Actually the story recalls that of William Irish aka Cornell Woolrich ,"fire escape" (transferred to the screen as " the boy who cried wolf" ) in which a little boy told imaginary stories till a true crime happens.....just as the sheriff and his deputy do not believe that old bat who sees prowlers everywhere ...and who do not want "riffraff " around -the short scene where the "commoner" tells her :"you made my day,no you made my week" is worth the price of admission -Jack Smight succeeds in confusing the viewer: is Laura a lunatic? (after all,she forgot that the greenhouse was destroyed by fire)has she really discovered a buried alive woman ? Or has she been framed by her daughter-in-law who covets her money and would like her to be considered irresponsible ?As cousin Olivia and her old beau Joseph wanted to do pitiful Davis/Charlotte away from her valuable property in "hush hush sweet Charlotte" .De Havilland and Cotten met again in "airport' 77" but the movie was a spate of clichés and they were given poor parts.

ivegonemod This was a good version of the story. I must say that it captured me from the start, but I was very annoyed with most of the characters. I hate when not only do they not believe you, but they treat you like a fool. Half the time they wouldn't even let the woman talk because they were so convinced that she was crazy. You don't have to believe a wild story, but talking over someone and refusing to even listen is just vile. What if they happen to be telling the truth? Even if you believe it's far-fetched, just what if they are, what about the person they are trying to save? Oh sure, they eventually play along, but they quite frankly didn't seem all that concerned if there really were a woman buried alive.

jturner this is the best version of ray bradbury's story...olivia de havilland at her best. i found the story to be true to the short story. if you like a thriller with plot twists, insanity, voices from the grave..then this video will have you screaming.