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Homicidal ()

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The brutal stabbing murder of a justice-of-the-peace sparks an investigation of dark family secrets in a sleepy small town in Southern California.
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Karl Anderson
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Miriam Webster
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Helga Swenson
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Doctor Jonas
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Jim Nesbitt
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Alfred S. Adrims
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Lt. Miller
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Emily (as Jean Arless)
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Olie (uncredited)
Teri Brooks ...
Mrs. Forest (uncredited)
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William Castle (uncredited)
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Second Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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First Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Eddie - the Bellhop (uncredited)
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Mrs. Martha Adrims (uncredited)

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William Castle

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Robb White ... (written by)

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William Castle ... producer
Dona Holloway ... associate producer

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Hugo Friedhofer

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Burnett Guffey ... director of photography

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Edwin H. Bryant ... (as Edwin Bryant)

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Cary Odell

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Darrell Silvera

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Ben Lane ... makeup supervisor

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Al Shenberg ... assistant director

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Lambert E. Day ... sound (as Lambert Day)
Charles J. Rice ... sound supervisor

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Arnold L. Rich ... assistant camera

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Hugo Friedhofer ... conductor (uncredited)

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Wayne Fitzgerald ... title designer (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The story centers around a murderous scheme to collect a rich inheritance. The object of murder is Miriam Webster, who is to share in the inheritance with her half brother Warren, who lives with his childhood guardian Helga in the mansion where Warren and Mariam grew up. Confined to a wheelchair after recently suffering a stroke, Helga is cared for by her nurse Emily, a strange young woman who has formed a close bond with Warren. Written by alfiehitchie

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Taglines SPECIAL "FRIGHT BREAK" * There will be a special FRIGHT BREAK during the showing of "Homicidal." Can your heart stand the challenge when the clock starts the COUNTDOWN? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Homicide (France)
  • Mörderisch (Germany)
  • Homicidio (Spain)
  • Eglima meta ta mesanyhta (Greece)
  • Homicida (Mexico)
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  • 88 min
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Trivia Director Trademark: [gimmick] In the final reel, when Miriam is about to go into the house for the big climax, there was a one-minute "Fright Break" in which producer/director William Castle advised the audience that anyone too scared to see the climax could go into the lobby and get their money back. For this gimmick, Columbia shipped a cardboard "Coward's Corner" to theaters playing the film. Supposedly, audience members too frightened to see the climax could go to the "Coward's Corner" and wait there until the film ended and the rest of the audience filed past. Apparently no one took the offer. See more »
Goofs Toward the end of the film when the police detective and Karl drive to the Hotel Ventura to show the bellboy the photo of Emily, the clock just above the corner drugstore says 8:24 p.m., but when they walk from the car into the hotel, the clock above the registration desk says 7:50 p.m. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Zotz! (1962). See more »
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Crazy Credits At the end of the film Joan Marshall's characters Emily/Warren come out to face the audience, via split screen, and take a bow! See more »
Quotes Karl Anderson: Is there any way to tell?
Doctor Jonas: [Distracted after a long pause] Hah? Tell what, Karl?
Karl Anderson: Well. If a person's homicidal?
Doctor Jonas: [giving him a prescription] There you are. No... That's what makes them so dangerous. They can change from being your friend into your murderer in a second's time!
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