Directed by:
Gerd OswaldScreenplay:
Robert BleesCinematography:
Burnett GuffeyComposer:
Mischa BakaleinikoffCast:
Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes, Romney Brent, Hugh Gallagher, Jeanne Cooper, Vaughn Taylor, Paul E. Burns, Frank Marlowe (more)Plots(1)
Two years before Hitchcock terrified audiences with the shower scene from Psycho, audiences recoiled at the shower scene in this dark and decidedly twisted psychological thriller. The tale of terror centers on an exotic dancer (Anita Ekberg) who is terrorized by a knife-wielding homicidal maniac. She is cut up but not seriously hurt as her step brother bursts into the bathroom and shoots the killer before he finishes. Unfortunately, the slasher escapes. Time passes, and while the physical wounds, heal, the psychic wounds continue to haunt the poor dancer, who must go to a psychiatrist for help. When a reporter hears about the case, he suspects the work of a serial killer and starts investigating. He finds that each of the killer's victims are given a horrifying sculpture of a woman screaming. Meanwhile, the girl's doctor finds himself falling in love with her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Anita Ekberg
Sweden
Best movies:
La dolce vita (1960)
The Golden Blade (1953)
War and Peace (1956)
Philip Carey
USA
Best movies:
Dead Ringer (1964)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
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Gypsy Rose Lee
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie) - a.f.
Harry Townes
USA
Best movies:
The Mountain (1956)
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Romney Brent
Mexico
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Jeanne Cooper
USA
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The Boston Strangler (1968)
The Intruder (1962)
Vaughn Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
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Paul E. Burns
USA
Best movies:
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Spartacus (1960)
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Frank Marlowe
USA
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David McMahon
USA
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Terry Frost
USA
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Whispering Smith (1948)
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Alan Gifford
USA
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Franklyn Farnum
USA
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Sol Gorss
USA
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The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Spartacus (1960)
Reed Howes
USA
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
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Virginia City (1940)
Heinie Conklin
USA
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Thomas Browne Henry
USA
Best movies:
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Hank Mann
USA
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
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John L. Cason
USA
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