Edward L. Cahn directed this obscure film that stars Edward Franz as Jonathan Drake, who is attending his brother's funeral when he finds to his horror that the head is missing, though it turns up later in a cabinet. He then realizes that an old family curse placed on his grandfather by South American Indians is still in effect, and that he may be the next victim. Can he end the curse, and what does it have to do with mysterious Dr. Emil Zurich(played by Henry Daniell)? Remembered fondly by those who saw it on late-night television with its vivid image of a murderous Indian with its mouth sewn shut, is really the only effective thing about this absurd, slow-moving film. Henry Daniell is good though, better than the film deserves.
