# Hidden Fear

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{{Short description|1957 film by André de Toth}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Hidden Fear
| image          = Hidden Fear film poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Andre de Toth](/source/Andre_de_Toth)
| producer       = Howard E. Kohn II<br/>Robert St. Aubrey
| writer         = Andre de Toth<br/>John Hawkins
| starring       = [John Payne](/source/John_Payne_(actor))
| music          = Hans Schreiber
| cinematography = [Wilfred M. Cline](/source/Wilfred_M._Cline)
| editing        = David Wages
| studio         = St. Aubrey-Kohn
| distributor    = [United Artists](/source/United_Artists)
| released       = {{Film date|1957|07}}
| runtime        = 83 minutes
| country        = United States<br>Denmark
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Hidden Fear''''' is a 1957 American [film noir](/source/film_noir) [crime film](/source/crime_film) directed by [Andre de Toth](/source/Andre_de_Toth), starring [John Payne](/source/John_Payne_(actor)).<ref>{{AFI film|id=52219|=Hidden Fear}}</ref> It was filmed on location in [Copenhagen, Denmark](/source/Copenhagen%2C_Denmark).

==Plot==
Mike Brent is an American police detective. When his sister is arrested on a charge of murder in Denmark, Mike rushes to prove her innocence.

==Cast==
* [John Payne](/source/John_Payne_(actor)) as Mike Brent
* [Alexander Knox](/source/Alexander_Knox) as Hartman
* [Conrad Nagel](/source/Conrad_Nagel) as Arthur Miller
* [Natalie Norwick](/source/Natalie_Norwick) as Susan Brent
* [Anne Neyland](/source/Anne_Neyland) as Virginia Kelly
* [Kjeld Jacobsen](/source/Kjeld_Jacobsen) as Lt. Egon Knudsen
* Paul Erling as Gibbs
* Marianne Schleiss as Helga Hartman
* [Mogens Brandt](/source/Mogens_Brandt) as Lund
* [Knud Rex](/source/Knud_Rex) as Jacobsen
* [Elsie Albiin](/source/Elsie_Albiin) as Inga
* [Buster Larsen](/source/Buster_Larsen) as Hans Ericksen
* [Preben Mahrt](/source/Preben_Mahrt) as Danish Detective
* [Kjeld Petersen](/source/Kjeld_Petersen) as Jensen

==See also==
* [List of American films of 1957](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1957)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0050506|title=Hidden Fear}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=17155|title=Hidden Fear}}

{{André de Toth}}

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Category:1957 crime films
Category:1957 films
Category:1957 American films
Category:1957 English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American crime films
Category:Danish crime films
Category:English-language Danish films
Category:Films directed by Andre de Toth
Category:Films set in Copenhagen
Category:Films shot in Copenhagen
Category:United Artists films
Category:English-language crime films
Category:1957 Danish films

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