CrimeDramaMystery

The Girl in Black Stockings

- She's every inch a teasing, taunting "Come-on" Blonde.

Residents at a posh Utah hotel become suspects when a girl is found murdered during a pool party. Local sheriff Jess Holmes takes charge of the investigation and must discover who among the terrified guests and staff -- including bodacious vixen Harriet Ames, the hotel's bitter, crippled proprietor, visiting lawyer David Hewson and his secretary, Beth -- is the culprit, even as murders continue to take place.

Release Date : 1957-09-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bel-Air Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : David Hewson

Original Name : Lex Barker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beth Dixon

Original Name : Anne Bancroft

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harriet Ames

Original Name : Mamie Van Doren

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edmund Parry

Original Name : Ron Randell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julia Parry

Original Name : Marie Windsor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Jess Holmes

Original Name : John Dehner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Norman Grant

Original Name : John Holland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Louise Miles

Original Name : Diana Van der Vlis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dr. John Aitkin

Original Name : Richard H. Cutting

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indian Joe

Original Name : Larry Chance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joseph Felton

Original Name : Gene O'Donnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frankie Pierce

Original Name : Gerald Frank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deputy Fred

Original Name : Karl MacDonald

Gender : Male

Character Name : Amos

Original Name : Norman Leavitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry Prentiss

Original Name : Stuart Whitman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike, the Bartender

Original Name : Dan Blocker

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Wanton Murder! The Girl in Black Stockings is directed by Howard W. Koch and written by Richard Landau and Peter Godfrey. It stars Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, John Dehner and Marie Windsor. Music is by Les Baxter and cinematography by William Margulies. When a party girl is found murdered at a Utah hotel, everyone is under suspicion. Miserable predatory creatures! One of the definitions of the low budget drive-in movie, The Girl in Black Stockings is an odd and fascinating picture. In core essence it's a standard murder mystery piece, a sort of minor Ten Little Indians only with kooky overtones. She'd get on that dance floor and fry eggs! The characterisations, performed by a wide scope cast list, are firmly in the realm of the off kilter or suspiciously suspect! While some of the scripted dialogue is priceless and pungent with noirish tones. Plus there is lots of smoking going on to emphasise the noirish fever. I'm gonna have to raise taxes to build a morgue! The acting is all over the place, mind, with Tarzan leading the way doing some smell the fart acting, while others are overwrought in delivery of script. Yet the up and down acting fits into the grand scheme of Utah weirdo style, further accentuated by the swirly Gothic musical score. Nutty and fruity, corny yet crisp, it's a fun experience. Plus there's Van Doren, who had to have had the widest mouth of all circa the 1950s. 7/10