Two on a Guillotine (1965)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

William Conrad

Writers:

John Kneubuhl (screenplay)
Henry Slesar (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 January 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Horror

Tagline:

Two on a Guillotine - or 7 nights in a house of terror - or the unkindest cut of all.

Plot:

Duke Duquesne, is a very eccentric magician and due to his lifestyle his two-year-old daughter is sent...

Plot Keywords:

Guillotine | Magician | Decapitation | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Connie Stevens	...	Cassie / Melinda Duquesne
Dean Jones	...	Val Henderson
Cesar Romero	...	John Harley 'Duke' Duquesne
Parley Baer	...	Jules 'Buzzy' Sheridan
Virginia Gregg	...	Dolly Bast
Connie Gilchrist	...	Ramona Ryerdon
John Hoyt	...	Attorney Carl Vickers
Russell Thorson	...	Mr. Carmichael, Val's editor

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Benedict Castle - 5445 Chicago Avenue, Riverside, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

A comic book version of the film was published by Dell Comics in 1965.

Soundtrack:

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Not really camp, more in the line of grisly good fun!

Connie Stevens once again shows what a fine, natural actress she is, here playing a young lass from Wisconsin who must spend seven nights in her late father's house of horrors before she can receive her inheritance; Dean Jones plays a reporter who smells a story and befriends the easily-spooked girl. Terrific second-biller from Warner Bros., ostensibly aimed at kids ("Attention Guillotine-agers!") yet bolstered by a very strong script with nice attention to dialogue. The movie has good effects, funny/spooky scenario, and surprising chemistry between the two leads. Stevens is very good, especially in the prologue playing her own character's uptight mother. It all comes to a commendable ending, thanks to a very clever...EXECUTION! *** from ****