The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect. Director:Howard W. Koch |
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The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect. Director:Howard W. Koch |
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| Lex Barker | ... |
David Hewson
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| Anne Bancroft | ... |
Beth Dixon
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| Mamie Van Doren | ... |
Harriet Ames
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Ron Randell | ... |
Edmund Parry
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| Marie Windsor | ... |
Julia Parry
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| John Dehner | ... |
Sheriff Jess Holmes
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John Holland | ... |
Norman Grant
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Diana Van der Vlis | ... |
Louise Miles
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Richard H. Cutting | ... |
Dr. John Aitkin
(as Richard Cutting)
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Larry Chance | ... |
Indian Joe
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Gene O'Donnell | ... |
Joseph Felton
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Gerald Frank | ... |
Frankie Pierce
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Karl MacDonald | ... |
Deputy Fred
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| Norman Leavitt | ... |
Amos
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| Stuart Whitman | ... |
Prentiss
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Near a small Utah town, visiting lawyer David Hewson finds the slashed body of party girl Marcia Morgan, his fellow tenant at Parry Lodge. Sheriff Jess Holmes considers everyone at the motel a suspect, even owner Edmund Parry, a woman hater who is quadriplegic...or is he? While Holmes investigates and the suspects try to hide mutual fears, the killer strikes again... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Thought this 1957 film starring some very great actors would be entertaining or at least a good murder mystery. The film takes place in a Utah Mountain Lodge where there are a large group of tourists and also behind the scenes very sick people running this lodge. The manager is a man who is handicapped and taken care of by his sister who waits on him hand an foot and this man seems to hate all kinds of women and is also a mental case. One night, a girl is murdered and slashed to death with a knife multiple times and it looks like they have a serial killer on their hands. Lex Baxter, Anne Bancroft and Mamie Van Doren all add a great deal to this story with their great supporting actors roles. There are other murders and the film goes completely around in circles until you have already figured out who the killer is and you can't wait for the film to end.