Tema: Film
Tip: Plakat

48 x 68 cm
2 x presavijen
movie poster

Experiment in Terror is a 1962 neo-noir suspense-thriller released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based on their 1961 novel Operation Terror. The film stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin.The musical score was performed by Henry Mancini.

A psychotic killer, Garland `Red` Lynch, uses a campaign of terror to force San Francisco bank teller Kelly Sherwood to steal $100,000 from the bank for him. Despite Lynch`s threat to kill Sherwood or her teenage sister Toby if she goes to the police, Sherwood contacts the San Francisco office of the FBI, where agent John Ripley takes charge of the case.

Ripley interviews a woman who implies that she is involved in some way in a serious crime, but before she can give Ripley the details, Lynch murders her. Sherwood continues to be terrorized with phone calls, an asthmatic condition making the unseen Lynch`s voice all the more sinister.

The FBI identifies the criminal, noting that Lynch has a record of convictions for statutory rape, forgery, criminal assault, armed robbery and murder. They track down his girlfriend, Lisa Soong, whose six-year-old son has just had a hip replaced. Lynch is paying all the hospital bills. Because of this, Lisa refuses to believe that Lynch is a criminal and will not cooperate with the investigation. Ripley nevertheless manages to get some information about `Uncle Red` from the boy.

Lynch finally gives Sherwood a time and date to steal the money, and just to make sure that she does, he kidnaps her sister Toby and holds her captive. The climax is a chase through Candlestick Park after a nighttime baseball game between the rival San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers. On-field action includes several closeups of Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale. Ripley and his men ultimately surround Lynch on the infield of the stadium. As Lynch takes aim at a police helicopter, Ripley shoots him and he dies on the pitchers` mound.

Glenn Ford as John `Rip` Ripley
Lee Remick as Kelly Sherwood
Stefanie Powers as Toby Sherwood
Ross Martin as Garland Humphrey `Red` Lynch
Roy Poole as Brad
Ned Glass as Popcorn
Anita Loo as Lisa Soong
Patricia Huston as Nancy Ashton
Gilbert Green as Special agent
Clifton James as Capt. Moreno
Al Avalon as Man who picks up Kelly
William Bryant as Chuck