When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

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Maniac (1963)

Stalks his wife... his daughter... their lover!

★ 6.2/10 May 20, 1963 86 min

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Director: Michael Carreras  ·  Writer: Jimmy Sangster

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

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Michael Carreras Michael Carreras

Cast

Kerwin Mathews Kerwin Mathews Paul Farrell Nadia Gray Nadia Gray Eve Beynat Donald Houston Donald Houston Georges Liliane Brousse Liliane Brousse Annette Beynat George Pastell George Pastell Inspector Etienne Arnold Diamond Arnold Diamond Janiello Norman Bird Norman Bird Salon Justine Lord Justine Lord Grace Jerold Wells Jerold Wells Giles Leon Peers Leon Peers Blanchard

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CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf November 14, 2022
★ 6/10

I only recall Kerwin Matthews from his role as "Sinbad" back in 1958. He was an handsome enough man but hardly versatile as an actor. That's a shame because this could have been a much better intrigue had that role been better cast. As it is, he is "Jeff", a drifter who falls for "Annette" (Liliane Brousse) in a small French village. Her stepmother "Eve" (Nadia Grey) takes a bit of a shine to him, and uses her wiles to trick this rather gullible man into helping her organise the escape of her husband from the local asylum where he was imprisoned after committing a rather gruesome murder. Unbeknown to poor old "Jeff" though, that's not the real agenda for the manipulative "Eve" and the arrival of "Henri" (Donald Houston) raises the danger levels for "Annette"... Can he, and local policeman "Etienne" (George Pastell), thwart the lethal plan before it's too late? Sadly, Matthews is not the …