A deceased rich man's collection is the key to solving a string of murder committed by a mysterious black catA deceased rich man's collection is the key to solving a string of murder committed by a mysterious black catA deceased rich man's collection is the key to solving a string of murder committed by a mysterious black cat
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- TriviaThe day after shooting wrapped, Gale Sondergaard was called back for some closeups. However, when she arrived on the set in makeup and costume, Charlton Heston entered and presented her with an Academy gold statuette, to replace the plaque she had won for 1936's Anthony Adverse.
- GoofsScenes with David Hedison and Stuart Whitman driving through Los Angelas were full of street noise and car horns honking. For these scenes the two actors were to do their lines over again, but this never happened because of time and cost. This is why you hear a lot of street noise drowning out some of their lines.
- Quotes
Frank Lucas: [opening line]
[speaking into a tape recorder microphone]
Frank Lucas: October fifth, nine PM! Memo from Frank Lucas licensed appraiser of the John Benjamin attorney! Subject! Inventory the state of Hiram Drake deceased!
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Ghastly and spooky film about an Egyptian curse terrorizing city of Los Angeles
A routine but passable horror movie about Egyptian possession with a surprising final twist , including chills , thrills , turns and eerie events . When a rich man dies , some items from a collection are robbed , as an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it. The police Inspector Marco (Stuart Whitman) is investigating the weird deeds , attemting to solve a string of killing committed by a mysterious black cat . As the detective consults an University professor , Roger Eddmonds (David Hedison) , to help with the investigation, which is taking a more serious turn as more and more people are murdered by wounds that seem to be from a housecat . Along the way , the professor falls for a young woman named Rena Carter (Meredith Baxter) , who just starts working at the antiques shop run by the suspicious elderly Hester Black (Gale Sondergaard).
Suspenseful and interesting horror thriller with intriguing events , twists and turns . Acceptable frightening movie , concerning a Detective and an Egyptology Professorinvestigating a series of murders committed by a mysterious black cat that may connect to a deceased collector's Egyptian mummy . A Fairly TV Horror-Mystery-Thriller with several eerie events and plot twists . It turs out to be a decent shocker movie , belonging to sub-genre of Egyptian curses whose main representation was ¨The Mummy¨ followed by several sequels . Frightening film in which terror has four cat paws with plenty of thrills , chills , scary scenes and astonishing attacks , as well as various red herrings and tracks that may not be what they seem . Horror tale with usual ingredients as possession , violent events , grisly crimes and fantastic elements . The plot is plain and simple, an Egyptian medaillon is robbed resulting in fateful and disastrous effects by packing a terrible and malicious curse . This film is played absolutely straight , making it one of the most ill-conceived attempts at a scary movie I have ever seen on TV . The problem I have with this movie was just the ridiculously dumb and absurd premise . Not a very notoable film, but acceptable and passable it would have been a better conclusion . Along with starring trio giving nice acting : David Hedison , Meredith Baxter , Stuart Whitman , appearing a lot of familar faces , such as : Gale Sondergaard , John Carradine , Renne Jarrett , Keye Luke , Kent Smith , Milton Parsons , Peter Lorre Jr. , Virgil Frye , John Abbott .
It displays a thrilling and suspenseful musical score Leonard Rosenman , as well as appropriate and atmospheric cinematography by Charles Rosher in television style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Curtis Harrington , though it has some flaws , shortfalls , and failures . Curtis was a craftman who made films in all kinds of genres . And in Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good artisan in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Decent and acceptable horror picture in spite its shortcomings and gaps.
Suspenseful and interesting horror thriller with intriguing events , twists and turns . Acceptable frightening movie , concerning a Detective and an Egyptology Professorinvestigating a series of murders committed by a mysterious black cat that may connect to a deceased collector's Egyptian mummy . A Fairly TV Horror-Mystery-Thriller with several eerie events and plot twists . It turs out to be a decent shocker movie , belonging to sub-genre of Egyptian curses whose main representation was ¨The Mummy¨ followed by several sequels . Frightening film in which terror has four cat paws with plenty of thrills , chills , scary scenes and astonishing attacks , as well as various red herrings and tracks that may not be what they seem . Horror tale with usual ingredients as possession , violent events , grisly crimes and fantastic elements . The plot is plain and simple, an Egyptian medaillon is robbed resulting in fateful and disastrous effects by packing a terrible and malicious curse . This film is played absolutely straight , making it one of the most ill-conceived attempts at a scary movie I have ever seen on TV . The problem I have with this movie was just the ridiculously dumb and absurd premise . Not a very notoable film, but acceptable and passable it would have been a better conclusion . Along with starring trio giving nice acting : David Hedison , Meredith Baxter , Stuart Whitman , appearing a lot of familar faces , such as : Gale Sondergaard , John Carradine , Renne Jarrett , Keye Luke , Kent Smith , Milton Parsons , Peter Lorre Jr. , Virgil Frye , John Abbott .
It displays a thrilling and suspenseful musical score Leonard Rosenman , as well as appropriate and atmospheric cinematography by Charles Rosher in television style . The motion picture was professionally directed by Curtis Harrington , though it has some flaws , shortfalls , and failures . Curtis was a craftman who made films in all kinds of genres . And in Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) Curtis Harrington providing tension and suspense enough . Curtis Harrington was a good artisan in B-territory . In 1961 he made a strong and impressive feature-film debut with the nicely moody and quirky Night tide (1961) with Dennis Hooper. His follow-up features were a pleasingly diverse , idiosyncratic and often entertaining bunch , and included the delightfully campy Shelley Winters vehicles as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972) , What's the Matter with Helen? (1971) ,the perverse The Killing Kind (1973) and the immensely fun Ruby (1977). Moreover , Harrington directed a handful of solid and satisfying made-for-TV offerings: The cat (1973), Killer bees (1974), The Dead Don't Die (1975) and the terror animal Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) , as well as TV episodes from The Twilight Zone, The Colby , Dynasty , Wonder woman , Hotel , among others . Rating : 5.5/10. Decent and acceptable horror picture in spite its shortcomings and gaps.
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