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A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.
Albert Cavens
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Robert Ivers
- Student at Murder Scene
- (uncredited)
Mickey Martin
- Student
- (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn
- Chemistry Professor
- (uncredited)
Edwin Rochelle
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Jack Stoney
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaMovie was filmed in Tucson, Arizona and the surrounding area, including the copper mine south of town.
- GoofsNear the end, Gordon is riding to the mine in a Cadillac limousine that has air conditioning, as indicated by small air scoops on both sides behind the back doors. The next shots (after the accident) show a different Cadillac without them. Cars of this era with factory installed air conditioning had half of the system in the trunk, requiring outside air via those little air scoops.
- Quotes
Bud Corliss: It's not right.
Dorothy Kingship: What?
Bud Corliss: For anyone to love somebody as much as I love you.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Living Single: A Kiss Before Lying (1993)
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Solid Classic Thriller
Well worth a watch if you like a good classic thriller. A little slow in places and unconvincing in some parts, but overall it is stylish and very watchable.
It kicks off on a taboo note for the time with pre-marital pregnancy, and the immorality goes down fast from there.
Another unusual element (for the time) is the sociopathy of the central character, played with chilling believability by Robert Wagner.
The cinematography is lush, but I found the music disconcerting. The jaunty theme tune and romantic strings when the killer is having his twisted way does not convey the underlying menace of the plot - is this some post-modern joke or was the director just tone deaf?
Overall, worth a watch, if you enjoy a good 1950s thriller.
It kicks off on a taboo note for the time with pre-marital pregnancy, and the immorality goes down fast from there.
Another unusual element (for the time) is the sociopathy of the central character, played with chilling believability by Robert Wagner.
The cinematography is lush, but I found the music disconcerting. The jaunty theme tune and romantic strings when the killer is having his twisted way does not convey the underlying menace of the plot - is this some post-modern joke or was the director just tone deaf?
Overall, worth a watch, if you enjoy a good 1950s thriller.
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- philipjcowan-119-646602
- Nov 6, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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