The Night Walker (1964)

86 min · Crime, Horror, Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film, psycho-biddy, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film

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Directors

William Castle

Cast

Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Jess Barker, Paulle Clark, Tetsu Komai

The story

Irene Trent is unhappily married to a blind, pathologically possessive millionaire inventor, Howard. Howard and Irene's palatial mansion is packed with an assortment of cuckoo clocks, all in perfect synchronization, and Howard tape records all conversations in the house, hoping to catch Irene plotting an illicit liaison. Irene lives in a constant state of dread due to Howard's jealousy.

Catalogue themes and tags

Autoexplosion, Blindness and Impaired Vision, Loss of Husband, Private Detective, Prosecution, Reiche Witwe, Star-Rechtsanwalt, Suspicion, Untreue, Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Genres

Crime, Horror, Mysterie, crime film, crime thriller film, horror film, mystery film, psycho-biddy, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, thriller film

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