Unfortunately, the script of Harry Essex, based on a factual magazine piece, has a bad tendency to ramble and to confuse two separate hunts. And the performances of the principal characters, while adequate, have little punch.
The Killer That Stalked New York
One Woman Brings Terror to 8,000,000 People!
1950 · 1h 19m · PASSED
Thriller
Directed by
Earl McEvoy
Overview
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
Director and cast
- Earl McEvoy Director
- Evelyn Keyes as Sheila Bennet
- Charles Korvin as Matt Krane
- William Bishop as Dr. Ben Wood
- Dorothy Malone as Alice Lorie
- Lola Albright as Francie Bennet
- Barry Kelley as Treasury Agent Johnson
- Carl Benton Reid as Health Commissioner Ellis
- Ludwig Donath as Dr. Cooper
- Art Smith as Anthony Moss
- Whit Bissell as Sid Bennet
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