
Beware, My Lovely(1952)
A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.


“Three young, empty-eyed killers, without mercy or morals, turn a private home into a house of horror!”
A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Jack Kelly
Gene Courtier

Hildy Parks
Doris Courtier

Vince Edwards
Victor Gosset

John Cassavetes
Robert Batsford

David Cross
Luther Logan

Eddie Marr
Captain Cole

Jack Kruschen
Detective Pope
Joyce McCluskey
Phyllis Harrison

Jonathan Hale
Bob Henderson

Barney Phillips
Stranske
The Night Holds Terror is a crime, thriller, drama film released in 1955 exploring themes of film noir, home invasion. Directed by Andrew L. Stone, it stars Jack Kelly, Hildy Parks, Vince Edwards. A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.
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