Escapement

Escapement

Escapement

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Escapement

"SWEET-FLESHED BEAUTY BECOMES DOCILE OF DEMONIACAL MONSTER!"

1958

1h 20m

4.9(9 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Science Fiction

Overview

An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Rod Cameron

Rod Cameron

Jeff Keenan

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Ruth Vance

Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

Doctor Maxwell

Peter Illing

Peter Illing

Paul Zakon

Carl Jaffe

Carl Jaffe

Doctor Hoff

Kay Callard

Kay Callard

Laura Maxwell

Carl Duering

Carl Duering

Blore

Roberta Huby

Verna Berteaux

Felix Felton

Commissaire

Larry Cross

Larry Cross

Brad Somers

Creative team

Directed by: Montgomery Tully
David Paltenghi
Written by: Charles Eric Maine
Produced by: Alec C. Snowden

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