The Ledge (segment of Cat's Eye)

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The Ledge is a suspenseful segment from the 1985 horror anthology film Cat's Eye, based on a Stephen King short story about a man forced to walk around the narrow ledge of a high-rise building as part of a deadly bet.

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instanceOf anthology film segment ⓘ
film segment ⓘ
short story adaptation ⓘ
adaptationType short story to film ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor Stephen King ⓘ
basedOn The Ledge (short story) ⓘ
linked to: The Ledge
basedOnWorkAuthor Stephen King ⓘ
belongsToFranchise Stephen King film adaptations ⓘ
centralTheme revenge ⓘ
risk and survival ⓘ
sadistic games ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jack Cardiff ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Lewis Teague ⓘ
distributedBy MGM/UA Entertainment Company ⓘ
featuresActor Candy Clark ⓘ
Kenneth McMillan ⓘ
Robert Hays ⓘ
featuresCharacter Cressner ⓘ
Johnny Norris ⓘ
followsSegment The Quitter's Inc. (segment of Cat's Eye) ⓘ
linked to: Quitters, Inc.
genre horror ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasTone darkly comic ⓘ
suspenseful ⓘ
medium live-action film ⓘ
musicBy Alan Silvestri ⓘ
narrativeDevice deadly wager ⓘ
notableElement extended sequence on a narrow exterior ledge high above the ground ⓘ
use of vertigo-inducing camera angles ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Cat's Eye (1985 film) ⓘ
partOfAnthologyStructure third segment ⓘ
plotSummary A man is forced to walk around the narrow ledge of a high-rise building as part of a deadly bet. ⓘ
precedesSegment General (wraparound segment of Cat's Eye) ⓘ
producer Dino De Laurentiis ⓘ
productionCompany Dino De Laurentiis Company ⓘ
releaseYear 1985 ⓘ
screenwriter Stephen King ⓘ
setting high-rise building ⓘ
shortStoryFirstPublishedIn Night Shift ⓘ
shortStoryPublicationAuthor Stephen King ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ

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Night Shift → hasAdaptation → The Ledge (segment of Cat's Eye) ⓘ