What I discovered was a very twisted psycho shocker with a great cast. James Best does a great turn as Doug Gerhardt. a young man with a sick mind.
At the opening of the film we see him killing a woman because she refused his sexual advances. Later when he almost runs over Marian Wood (Mala Powers) and one of her sons while riding his mototcycle too fast, we see an even more psycho side of this guy.
He worms his way into Marian's life and whe her husband leaves on a business trip to San Francisco, Doug makes his move. The police are on Doug's trail and the head of the unti seeking him out is a nameless detective played by Ted de Corsia.
Best is excellent in this role and he usually played the country bumpkin or good guy in everything else I ever saw him in. The scenes where he is trying to force Marian to have sex with him or have her children killed is very tense indeed.
The print on Tubi had brand new credits added onto it as the originals must be lost and there was some footage missing. I do wish movies like this were better taken care of.
However, if you want you can indeed check this out. I enjoyed the hell out of it, and Mala is always one hot babe. The rest of the cast imcludes Jerry Paris, Vivi Janiss and the gorgeous Peggy Maley.
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