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The Girl in Black Stockings

  • 19571957
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
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The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.
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  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir

A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.A party girl is murdered, and everyone at a Utah motel is a suspect.

IMDb RATING
5.4/10
829
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  • Director
    • Howard W. Koch
  • Writers
    • Richard H. Landau(screenplay)
    • Peter Godfrey(story "Wanton Murder")
  • Stars
    • Lex Barker
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Mamie Van Doren
Top credits
  • Director
    • Howard W. Koch
  • Writers
    • Richard H. Landau(screenplay)
    • Peter Godfrey(story "Wanton Murder")
  • Stars
    • Lex Barker
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Mamie Van Doren
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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  • Videos1

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:44
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    Mamie Van Doren in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Richard H. Cutting, John Dehner, and David Dwight in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Norman Leavitt in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Marie Windsor in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Ron Randell in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Gene O'Donnell and Marie Windsor in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    John Dehner in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Mamie Van Doren in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Lex Barker in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Anne Bancroft in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Dan Blocker in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)
    Larry Chance in The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

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    Lex Barker
    Lex Barker
    • David Hewsonas David Hewson
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Beth Dixonas Beth Dixon
    Mamie Van Doren
    Mamie Van Doren
    • Harriet Amesas Harriet Ames
    John Dehner
    John Dehner
    • Sheriff Jess Holmesas Sheriff Jess Holmes
    Ron Randell
    Ron Randell
    • Edmund Parryas Edmund Parry
    Marie Windsor
    Marie Windsor
    • Julia Parryas Julia Parry
    John Holland
    John Holland
    • Norman Grantas Norman Grant
    Diana Van der Vlis
    Diana Van der Vlis
    • Louise Milesas Louise Miles
    • (as Diana Vandervlis)
    Richard H. Cutting
    Richard H. Cutting
    • Dr. John Aitkinas Dr. John Aitkin
    • (as Richard Cutting)
    Larry Chance
    Larry Chance
    • Joeas Joe
    Gene O'Donnell
    • Joseph Feltonas Joseph Felton
    Norman Leavitt
    Norman Leavitt
    • Amosas Amos
    Jerry Frank
    • Frankie Pierceas Frankie Pierce
    • (as Gerald Frank)
    Stuart Whitman
    Stuart Whitman
    • Prentissas Prentiss
    David Dwight
    • Judge Ben Waltersas Judge Ben Walters
    Karl MacDonald
    • Deputy Fredas Deputy Fred
    Dan Blocker
    Dan Blocker
    • Mikeas Mike
    Mark Bennett
    • Brackettas Brackett
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Howard W. Koch
    • Writers
      • Richard H. Landau(screenplay)
      • Peter Godfrey(story "Wanton Murder")
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    Storyline

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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... —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
    • serial murder
    • psychotronic film
    • blonde woman
    • woman wears fishnet stockings
    • motel
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    • Taglines
      • She's every inch a teasing, taunting "Come-on" Blonde.
    • Genres
      • Crime
      • Drama
      • Film-Noir
      • Mystery
    • Certificate
      • Approved
    • Parents guide
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    • Trivia
      This movie was filmed in and around Parry Lodge in Kanab, Utah. This lodge was opened in the early 1930s by the Parry brothers, as a place in which to lodge Hollywood film crews who came out to that area of Utah to film some of the early westerns. Over the years many famous movie stars have stayed at this lodge.
    • Goofs
      Felton says he's still on eastern time, 3 hours ahead. Utah is in mountain time, just 2 hours behind eastern.
    • Quotes

      Sheriff Jess Holmes: I don't have to be crazy to know I have a real crazy one on my hands.

    • Connections
      Featured in Bikers, Blondes and Blood (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
      (uncredited)

      1st Movement (Molto Allegro)

      Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    User reviews23

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Wanton Murder!
    The Girl in Black Stockings is directed by Howard W. Koch and written by Richard Landau and Peter Godfrey. It stars Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, John Dehner and Marie Windsor. Music is by Les Baxter and cinematography by William Margulies.

    When a party girl is found murdered at a Utah hotel, everyone is under suspicion.

    Miserable predatory creatures!

    One of the definitions of the low budget drive-in movie, The Girl in Black Stockings is an odd and fascinating picture. In core essence it's a standard murder mystery piece, a sort of minor Ten Little Indians only with kooky overtones.

    She'd get on that dance floor and fry eggs!

    The characterisations, performed by a wide scope cast list, are firmly in the realm of the off kilter or suspiciously suspect! While some of the scripted dialogue is priceless and pungent with noirish tones. Plus there is lots of smoking going on to emphasise the noirish fever.

    I'm gonna have to raise taxes to build a morgue!

    The acting is all over the place, mind, with Tarzan leading the way doing some smell the fart acting, while others are overwrought in delivery of script. Yet the up and down acting fits into the grand scheme of Utah weirdo style, further accentuated by the swirly Gothic musical score.

    Nutty and fruity, corny yet crisp, it's a fun experience. Plus there's Van Doren, who had to have had the widest mouth of all circa the 1950s. 7/10
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    • Oct 4, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 24, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Black Stockings
    • Filming locations
      • Kanab, Utah, USA
    • Production company
      • Bel-Air Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.75 : 1

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