The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Bert I. GordonDirector
- Robert ShermanScreenplay
- Robert DrasninOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Don AmecheEdward Shelley
- Martha HyerFrancene Shelley
- Susan GordonSusan Shelley
- Zsa Zsa GaborJessica Flagmore Shelley
- Maxwell ReedAnthony Flagmore
- Wendell CoreyLawyer Clayborn
- Signe HassoSister René
- Anna LeeElsie Kornwald
- Steffi HendersonWoman at Estate Sale #3
- Kelly CorcoranLittle Boy at Estate Sale
- Paulle ClarkWoman at Estate Sale #1
- Marlene TracyWoman at Estate Sale #2
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Themes
firenunnecklacepaintingmurderdollhawkstepmother stepdaughter relationshipconvent