Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Apr 29, 1953 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 1,666
Daniel Mainwaring took this story right out of the headlines of the day, penning this true story of a mass murderer who was eventually executed in San Quentin's gas chamber. Released during McCarthy's witch-hunt, Mainwaring was not given credit because Howard R. Hughes, who produced it under RKO, refused to give credit to any "radicals." The story is that of two men on a fishing trip who pick up a hitchhiker. He turns out to be a sadistic psychopath who has committed multiple murders, a
PG-13, 1 hr. 11 min.
Apr 29, 1953 Wide
Oct 14, 1999
Acme DVD Works
All Critics (9) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (0) | DVD (2)
This suspenseful film noir is superbly acted and sharply helmed by Ida Lupino, one of the few women directors in Hollywood of the 1950s.
Talman's performance as a sadistic sleaze was powerful.
Ultimately a bit of a shaggy dog story - but the first hour is tight, unnerving ride through the postwar male American psyche.
June 4, 2007Super Reviewer
A pretty good movie, but it could be better, especially now that there have been so many other movies like this one.
September 5, 2010Super Reviewer
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