Very grim and brooding story filmed in Kanab, Utah by Howard Koch.
A maniac killer is on the loose in a posh resort and a visiting lawyer named David Hewson (Lex Barker) attempts to help a local Sheriff, Jess Holmes (John Dehner) find the killer.
Hewson is having an off again/on again relationship with a young woman named Beth Dixon (Anne Bancroft) whom he tries to protect from an unseen killer. The killer strikes a few more times and the Sheriff gathers more clues as he closes in.
There is a great twist climax to this very well made noir. Ron Randell steals the show as a bitter, woman hating quadriplegic named Edmund Parry who is cared for by his sister Julia (Marie Windsor). In almost every scene you can almost see the hate coming out of Edmund. Randell to me anyway was a very under rated actor.
The rest of the cast includes the always gorgeous and sexy Mamie Van Doren, Richard Cutting, Diana Van Der Vlis and Stuart Whitman who plays a key role in the twisted conclusion..
This is part of the "Mamie Van Doren Film Noir Collection" turned out by Kino and the entire 3 film set is a winner. The disc set also has trailers for all of the films and a wonderful interview with Mamie about these films and the rest of her wonderful career.
If you like film noir, you'll enjoy this little shocker.
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