Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 English-language Crime Drama movie directed by Tay Garnett and produced by Tom Lewis. Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to his lawyer detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman, he reveals its contents to her and then threatens her with a gun. The excitement proves to much and George suffers a fatal collapse. Now Ellen must find a way to retrieve the incriminating letter. Written by Daniel Bubbeo. Cause for alarm! stars Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore, Brad Morrow, Irving Bacon and Helen Winston. The screenplay is written by Mel Dinelli and Tom Lewis which is inspired from Cause for Alarm radio play by Larry Marcus. The music was composed by Andr Previn. Cinematography was done by Joseph Ruttenberg and editing by James E. Newcom. The movie has a running time of 74 minutes. It was released on 18th July 1951. Cause for Alarm! was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.