Maniac

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.

Cast

Kerwin Mathews

as Paul Farrell

Nadia Gray

as Eve Beynat

Donald Houston

as Georges

Liliane Brousse

as Annette Beynat

George Pastell

as Inspector Etienne

Arnold Diamond

as Janiello

Norman Bird

as Salon

Justine Lord

as Grace

Jerold Wells

as Giles

Leon Peers

as Blanchard

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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