A rare horror outing from Warner Brothers, this was also Peter Lorre's last film for them. This is a justly celebrated film with high production values and an absorbing narrative.
Nicholas Ingram ( Victor Francen ) is a one-handed ( following a paralysing stroke ) pianist who lives a reclusive life attended by a nurse , Julie and an astrologically- obsessed secretary Hilary ( Peter Lorre ). He has fallen for Julie but she is more interested in his younger friend Conrad ( Robert Alda ) who adapts musical scores for him. When he falls down stairs,. his will brings others to the house and his disembodied hand goes on a killing spree - or does it ?
Andrea King ( as Julie )
Sex : Julie is well-endowed but keeps them under wraps
Death : Survives
Andrea was born Georgette Barry in Paris. She was a popular pin-up girl and a reasonably successful film actress in the late forties. She switched to television in the fifties with many roles. Though she largely retired in the mid-seventies ,she made a handful of appearances in the early nineties. She died in 2003 aged 84.
Patricia Barry ( as Clara )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Patricia was at the start of a long and successful acting career especially on television. She was a charter member of the Women In Film organisation. She died a couple of months ago aged 93.
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