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A remake of 1941's I Wake Up Screaming that was directed by H Bruce Humberstone and starred Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Laird Cregar, Carole Landis, and Elisha Cook Jr. The story is of a police detective who is obsessed with a woman who is murdered. A similar theme shows up in Otto Preminger's Laura – made in 1944 – as well as other films. One interesting note is that there's a story that says this was supposed to be Jean Gabin's first Hollywood film and that makes sense with the film noirs Gabin made in France in the 1930s – such as Port of Shadows and Le jour se lève both directed by Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine, and Julien Duvivier's Pépé le Moko, among others.

Why films get remade is always a mystery. In 1936, Warner Bros wanted to re-release The Maltese Falcon made in 1931 and the Hays Office nixed the idea because there was too much pre-Code material in that pre-Coder. So Warner Bros made a new version titled Satan Met A Lady directed by Willian Dieterle and more than likely to try and cash in on Dash Hammett's fans created by the growing franchise of The Thin Man. The only mystery in Satan Met A Lady is who is more annoying: Warren Williams or Bette Davis?

While the resolution of the tale is somewhat different in Vicki than in I Wake Up Screaming, the cast just doesn't compare to the original.

Directed by Harry Horner from a script by Dwight Taylor based on the novel by Steve Fisher. Cinematography by Milton R Krasner and music by Leigh Harline. Starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliot Reid, and Richard Boone, among others.