Willing to sting her own sisters to death, Kathleen Hughes is a camp delight in this turgid melodrama about the three daughters of a wealthy man recently killed in an airplane crash and one sister's attempt to claim the fortune for herself. Hughes seemingly had no love lost for her father and certainly has no use for her sisters which includes the innocent Sarah Shane and the easy virtue Mara Corday. Corday's cat like beauty can allure men and sets Hughes up to destroy that allure (even though that long mane only makes Corday look cheap), and the innocent Shane is easily victimized by Hughes whose destiny is obvious.
When the sisters meet John Bromfield, the copilot on their late father's plane, Hughes sets up a plot to destroy Shane to further send the sensitive girl over the edge. Jess Barker and Anthony George also become pawns in Hughes' scheme, given further assistance by the drunken aunt (Madge Kennedy, resembling Lillian Gish), always claiming that she doesn't want to interfere with her "but" indicating otherwise.
Each of the sisters, as well as the elder Kennedy, gets an opportunity to over emote, making this a camp delight. Corday's cat fight with Hughes has a really horrific twist with Hughes getting the better of her in the cruelest of ways, leading to ah unforgettable chase sequence. As cinema, it's fun trash. As art, it has no worth. But it's certainly a piece of arty trash that you won't soon forget.
When the sisters meet John Bromfield, the copilot on their late father's plane, Hughes sets up a plot to destroy Shane to further send the sensitive girl over the edge. Jess Barker and Anthony George also become pawns in Hughes' scheme, given further assistance by the drunken aunt (Madge Kennedy, resembling Lillian Gish), always claiming that she doesn't want to interfere with her "but" indicating otherwise.
Each of the sisters, as well as the elder Kennedy, gets an opportunity to over emote, making this a camp delight. Corday's cat fight with Hughes has a really horrific twist with Hughes getting the better of her in the cruelest of ways, leading to ah unforgettable chase sequence. As cinema, it's fun trash. As art, it has no worth. But it's certainly a piece of arty trash that you won't soon forget.