
Bad Ronald(1974)
When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.


Carroll Baker
Sandy Marshall

T. P. McKenna
Frampton

Ronald Lacey
Bartlett

Maurice Kaufmann
Derek Marshall
Max Mason
Tom Packer

Ian Gelder
Small

Brenda Cavendish
Betty Tyler

Martin Benson
Spiros Lemke
Margo Reid
Laura Lemke

Anita Sharp-Bolster
Mrs. Bluther
The Next Victim is a crime, drama, fantasy, tv movie, horror film released in 1975. Directed by James Ormerod, it stars Carroll Baker, T. P. McKenna, Ronald Lacey. A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
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