The Town That Dreaded Sundown

When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.

Cast

Ben Johnson

as JD Morales

Andrew Prine

as Norman Ramsey

Dawn Wells

as Helen Reed

Jimmy Clem

as Mal Griffin

Jim Citty

as RJ Sullivan

Charles B. Pierce

as AC Benson

Robert Aquino

as Otis Barker

Cindy Butler

as Peggy Loomis

Christine Ellsworth

as Linda Mae Jenkins

Earl E. Smith

as Dr. Kress

Reviews

Wuchak

_**A killer is on the loose in Texarkana in 1946**_ The Texarkana Moonlight Murders and the ensuing investigation that took place from late February to early May, 1946, are chronicled with the names changed and details altered for dramatic purposes. Ben Johnson plays a renowned Texas Ranger on th...

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