A mysterious woman calling herself Miriam Webster checks into a cheap hotel and makes a strange marriage proposal to young bellhop Jim Nesbitt ( Richard Rust ) involving a midnight hitch by a county magistrate. She proceeds to butcher the man leaving Jim unharmed. We then learn she is really Emily , a Danish girl who looks after the invalided Helga ( Eugenie Leontovich ). Helga was formerly the nanny to siblings Miriam ( the real one ) and Warren , heir to a considerable estate , who has engaged Emily without consulting his sister. The explanation of all this stretches credibility to breaking point.
Joan Marshall ( as Emily and Warren )
Sex : No, it would give away too much
Death : Shot by the family doctor without asking any questions
Joan wasn't entirely unknown when she made the picture, having a string of TV credits to her name, but Castle insisted on billing her as Jean Arless to leave the audience unsure whether the character was played by a man or a woman. Joan reverted back to her real name for the rest of her career which was mainly on TV. She retired at the end of the sixties; her life story was turned into the hit film Shampoo by her ex-husband. She died in Jamaica in 1992 aged 61.
Patricia Breslin ( as Miriam )
Sex : Has a few scenes in a neglige
Death : Survives
Patricia too was almost entirely a TV actress. She retired in the mid-sixties, not long after her stint in Peyton Place. She died in 2011 aged 80.
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