Experiment in Terror

Terror... Tension... Almost More Than The Heart Can Bear

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

1962

Thriller·Crime

2h 3min

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Top Billed Cast

Glenn Ford
John Ripley
Lee Remick
Kelly Sherwood
Stefanie Powers
Toby Sherwood
Roy Poole
Brad
Ned Glass
Popcorn
Anita Loo
Lisa Soong
Patricia Huston
Nancy Ashton
Gilbert Green
Special Agent
Clifton James
Capt. Moreno
Al Avalon
Man Who Picks Up Kelly
William Bryant
Chuck
Dick Crockett
FBI Agent #1
James Lanphier
Landlord
Ross Martin
Red Lynch
Joanne Bahris
Tourist at Fishermans Wharf (uncredited)
James T. Callahan
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Bob Carraher
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Mario Cimino
Cook at The Hangout (uncredited)
Fred Coby
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Barbara Collentine
Janie (uncredited)

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