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Experiment in Terror (1962)
Directed by Blake Edwards
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Overview
A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Length 123 minutes
Actors
Glenn Ford | Lee Remick | Stefanie Powers | Roy Poole | Ned Glass | Anita Loo | Patricia Huston | Gilbert Green | Clifton James | Al Avalon | William Bryant | Dick Crockett | James Lanphier | Ross Martin | Joanne Bahris | James T. Callahan | Bob Carraher | Mario Cimino | Fred Coby | Barbara Collentine | George DeNormand | Frederic Downs | Don Drysdale | Harvey Evans | Dennis Falt | Harold Goodwin | Claire Griswold | Warren Hsieh | Judee Morton | Helen Jay
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/26/2024 | TV | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 stars |
Viewing Notes
Remarkable film for being an above average late period noir but also an early horror-adjacent spooky psychological thriller that likely informed serial killer films, giallo and gritty crime flicks that would dominate the seventies. Many subsequent films came to mind while viewing this. Ofc all the on location shooting in San Francisco recalled all the other great SF movies. Love this one bc of how it captures this precise year. There’s a sequence at a Giants / Dodgers game that occurs at 8:15pm* on August 18, 1961 (ticket was $2.36 + $.14 tax for $2.50 for a pretty good seat). Really enjoy little details like that. This transfer on Tubi looks amazing which means it’s likely the new restoration that Indicator released. Now I wanna own this.
*how in the world did they start west coast games so late? Probably not getting home until midnight. But it was a Friday so maybe that’s fine and good for the bar business, which we also get to see in this movie.
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