A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.
Acting
Kent Smith's deeply unconvincing psychiatrist energy is accidentally perfect.
Cinematography
Stark black-and-white shadows doing heavy lifting on the cheap.
Director
William Berke
Kent Smith
Dr. Pete Graham
Nan Martin
Claire Townsend
James Franciscus
Eddie Baxter
Stefan Schnabel
Fats Donner
Dick O'Neill
Cassidy
Leonard Stone
Jim Kelly
Beah Richards
Grecco Maid
John Alexander
Chief of Police
Arthur Storch
Jack "Skippy" Randolph
Dolores Sutton
Molly Baxter
Sandra Church
Jeannie Page
Renée Taylor
Mac's wife
George Maharis
Nicholas Grecco
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film sits awkwardly between noir's dying gasp and TV's Dr. Kildare era, when psychoanalysis was pop culture's favorite explanation for everything.
James Franciscus would later star in 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes,' making this his first journey into psychological breakdown—just with fewer mutants.
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