The Girl in Black Stockings( 1957)

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She's every inch a teasing, taunting "Come-on" Blonde.

Overview

Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.

Top Billed Cast

Lex Barker
David Hewson
Anne Bancroft
Beth Dixon
Mamie Van Doren
Harriet Ames
Ron Randell
Edmund Parry
Marie Windsor
Julia Parry
John Dehner
Sheriff Jess Holmes
John Holland
Norman Grant
Diana Van der Vlis
Louise Miles
Richard H. Cutting
Dr. John Aitkin
Larry Chance
Indian Joe
Gene O'Donnell
Joseph Felton
Gerald Frank
Frankie Pierce
Karl MacDonald
Deputy Fred
Norman Leavitt
Amos
Stuart Whitman
Harry Prentiss
Dan Blocker
Mike, the Bartender

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sun Oct 04 2015

Wanton Murder! The Girl in Black Stockings is directed by Howard W. Koch and written by Richard Landau and Peter Godfrey. It stars Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, John Dehner and Marie Windsor. Music is by Les Baxter and cinematography by William Margulies. When a party girl is found murdered at a Utah hotel, everyone is under suspicion. Miserable predatory creatures! One of the definitions of the low budget drive-in movie, The Girl in Black Stockings is an odd and fascinating picture. In core essence it's a standard murder mystery piece, a sort of minor Ten...