Lucille Bremer is a reporter who hires private eye Richard Carlson to find a corrupt judge whom she suspects is hiding out at a local sanitarium. Bremer convinces Carlson to get himself committed so he can find the judge. Things do not go smoothly, of course.
Moving briskly along at just over 60 minutes, the film features excellent support from veteran bad guys Tom Browne Henry, as the head doctor at the sanitarium, and Douglas Fowley as his sadistic assistant. Tor Johnson plays a nutjob called "The Champ," who is kept in isolation. When Carlson is exposed, Fowley tosses him into the Champ's cell for a sparring lesson. Fowley takes fiendish delight in tor-menting Tor, yanking his chain by clanging metal to simulate a boxing ring bell. You know how this will end up for Fowley. Eventually, spunky Bremer helps save the day, by impersonating the judge's "ho" and brandishing a gun which she just happens to keep in the glove compartment of her car.
Kudos to Ralf Harolde, a veteran of several gangster films, for his sensitive portrayal of an assistant at the sanitarium who tries his best to help the inmates. In a subplot, we learn that his son, played by Dickie Moore, is one of the inmates.
Oh, and Tor is pretty good too, and scary as hell. The only thing scarier than Tor here is Tom Browne Henry's nose.
Moving briskly along at just over 60 minutes, the film features excellent support from veteran bad guys Tom Browne Henry, as the head doctor at the sanitarium, and Douglas Fowley as his sadistic assistant. Tor Johnson plays a nutjob called "The Champ," who is kept in isolation. When Carlson is exposed, Fowley tosses him into the Champ's cell for a sparring lesson. Fowley takes fiendish delight in tor-menting Tor, yanking his chain by clanging metal to simulate a boxing ring bell. You know how this will end up for Fowley. Eventually, spunky Bremer helps save the day, by impersonating the judge's "ho" and brandishing a gun which she just happens to keep in the glove compartment of her car.
Kudos to Ralf Harolde, a veteran of several gangster films, for his sensitive portrayal of an assistant at the sanitarium who tries his best to help the inmates. In a subplot, we learn that his son, played by Dickie Moore, is one of the inmates.
Oh, and Tor is pretty good too, and scary as hell. The only thing scarier than Tor here is Tom Browne Henry's nose.