The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
48 audience votes
Key crew
- William CastleDirector
- Robb WhiteScreenplay
- Les BaxterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- William PrinceDr. Rodney Barrett
- Jacqueline ScottNurse Polly Baron
- Jim BackusSheriff Jim Tyloe
- Jonathan KiddEd Quigley, mortician
- Ellen CorbyMiss Kushins
- Philip TongeJode Wetherby
- Susan MorrowSylvia Stevenson
- Christine WhiteNancy Wetherby
- Robert ColbertNick, chauffeur
- Dorothy MorrisAlice Wetherby Barrett
- Howard HoffmanHummel, cemetery caretaker
- Voltaire PerkinsPreacher
Stills
Themes
daughterrace against timemotherbased on novel or booknursegreedinvestigationfatherburied alivesisterchild in perilmurder