Outrage (1959) (UK Import) auf Blu-ray Disc

Ann Walton is a young woman; newly engaged with a loving family. One night, she's attacked as she leaves work late. She doesn't remember the brutal attacker, only the scar on his neck. Her shame around her family, her fiance, and her co-workers eventually drives her out of town, where she seeks solace with the help of the Reverend Bruce Ferguson. Yet her assault continues to haunt her even as she tries to repress it, and her terror soon takes a darker turn.

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally historically or aesthetically significant".

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"Lupino turns prudish Hollywood conventions into a crucial part of the story: just as the word “rape” is never spoken in the movie, Ann is prevented from talking about her experience, and, spurred by the torment of her enforced silence and the trauma that shatters her sense of identity, she runs away from home.​ Lupino’s drama blends Ann’s story with an incisive view of the many societal failures that contribute to the crime—including the unwillingness of the legal system to face the prevalence of rape.​ Above all, Lupino depicts a culture of leers and wolf whistles and domineering boyfriends, and reveals the widespread and unquestioned aggression that women face in ostensibly consensual courtship and that’s ultimately inseparable from the violence that Ann endures.​" (The New Yorker)