Wednesday, 22 February 2017

119 The Creeper ( 1948 )

Rondo  Hatton's  demise  didn't  stop  director  Jean  Yarbrough  re-cycling  the  Creeper  bname  for  a  completely  unrelated  film  about  scary  cats  a  couple  of  years  later.

Nora  Cavigny  is  part  of  a  team  working  on  experiments  with  cats  although  due  to  a  death  on  a  field  expedition  in  the  West  Indies  her  father  wants  to  discontinue the  work  and  Nora  herself  is  traumatised  at  the  sight  of  a  cat. Nevertheless  she  is  courted  by  the  young  doctor  in  the  lab  next  door  ( John  Baragrey  )  who  wants  to  save  her  when  people  start  dying  around  her.

The  story  has  potential  but  the  film  is  badly  paced , badly  lit  and  badly  acted. There  are  too  many  red  herrings  for  a  sub-hour  film  and  the  special  effects  are  risible.

Julie  Vincent  ( as  Gwen )   

Sex : No

Death :  Clawed  to  death  by  the  killer  ( offscreen )


June  was  originally  Dorothy  Smith , a  minister's  daughter  from  Ohio. She  had  a  film  and  then  TV  career  that  lasted  into  the  mid-seventies  often  playing  villainous  roles. She  died  in  2008  aged  88.

Janis  Wilson  ( as  Nora )

Sex  :  No

Death : Survives



Janis  was  from  Santa  Barbara. She  was  only 18  but  this  was  the  last  of  her  seven  films  ( and  to  be  honest  her  inexperience  shows ). She  later  worked  as  a  pianist  and  choirmaster. She  died  in  2004  after  a  stroke  aged  77.


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