The read
It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
A private detective and his assistant are hired to find a missing husband by the detective's former girlfriend who dumped him. The case is quickly complicated by a sexy brunette, a missing bank executive, a castle in the desert, and a dead body with its "head blown off" but identified as the husband.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter ColmesDirector
- Alexander LaszloOriginal Music Composer
- Irving ElmanWriter
- Frank GruberScreenplay
Cast
- Richard ArlenSimon Lash
- Veda Ann BorgJoyce Kimball Bonniwell
- Tom DuganEddie Slocum
- Marjorie MannersEvelyn Price
- Archie Twitchell[as Michael Brandon] Sheriff Rucker
- Lee PhelpsLt. Hayden
- Earle HodginsMarshal Jeff Bailey
- Francis FordKing Connors
- Herbert RawlinsonVincent Springer
- Edward EarleJim Bonniwell
- Sherry HallBen Castleman
- Robert McKenzieBarstow Gas Station Attendant
Stills
Themes
ex-girlfriendmurdershootoutb movieprivate detectivemissing husbanddesert southwestsurprise endingcastle in the desert