Experiment in Terror

1962 123 min ★ 7.1 Thriller, Crime

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.

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Cast

Glenn Ford

John Ripley

Lee Remick

Kelly Sherwood

Stefanie Powers

Toby Sherwood

Roy Poole

Brad

Ned Glass

Popcorn

Anita Loo

Lisa Soong

Patricia Huston

Nancy Ashton

Gilbert Green

Special Agent

Clifton James

Capt. Moreno

Al Avalon

Man Who Picks Up Kelly

Details

Director

Blake Edwards

Screenplay

Gordon Gordon

Tagline

"Terror... Tension... Almost More Than The Heart Can Bear"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$1,400,000

Production

Geoffrey-Kate Productions, Columbia Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

January 11, 2014

★ 8/10

Operation Terror. Experiment in Terror is directed by Blake Edwards and adapted to screenplay by Mildred and Gordon Gordon from their own novel called Operation Terror. It stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin. Music is by Henry Mancini and cinematography by Philip H. Lathrop. Film begins with bank teller Kelly Sherwood (Remick) driving home through night time San Fr...

C

CinemaSerf

July 14, 2024

★ 7/10

Things take rather a menacing turn for bank clerk "Kelly" (Lee Remick) when she is held by the scruff of the neck, in the dark, by a mysterious intruder. He claims he will not hurt her so long as she does what she is told - and that involves pinching $100,000 from her work. She's naturally terrified and starts to place call to the FBI but he manages to interrupt that call before she can impart muc...