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5.7/10   76 votes
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Writer:
Jimmy Sangster (writer)
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Release Date:
12 October 1971 (USA) more
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Plot:
On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane. more | add synopsis
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Barbara Stanwyck Chiller more (8 total)

Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Miriam Jennings
Barbara Parkins ... Susan Wilcox

Roddy McDowall ... Dr. Michael Lomas
William Windom ... Harold Jennings
Arthur O'Connell ... John
Bing Russell ... Sheriff
Dawn Frame ... Young Susan
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73 min
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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Barbara Stanwyck Chiller, 23 February 2003
Author: Heath McEwan (heathnick69) from Stonehaven, Scotland

Although I've only seen this film once, it lingers in my memory: I saw it at age 1O in 1971 when it was originally broadcast on television. Although the rest of the cast, i.e. William Windom, Roddy McDowall & Barbara Perkins, etc. did fine jobs with their roles, it's Stanwyck's playing of Miriam Jennings which lingers in my memory: talk about an unsympathetic role for an older Hollywood star to take! If fans of Davis and Crawford doing their bits in the macabre thought Stanwyck stopped with THE NIGHT WALKER, think again! This is definitely her tour-de-force in the thriller genre. Although it probably looks a bit tired and dated today, I remember the diabolical twist as being memorably sadistic and cruel plus there was a helping of LES DIABOLIQUES in the plotline. The atmosphere was creepy - thunder and lightning and all - and I remember sinister Barbara dismissing her gardener (Arthur O'Connell) thusly: "You have until noon"...

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