A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders.A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders.A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders.
John Cowell
- Wilson
- (as Jack Cowell)
George Ball
- Ted Wallington - Adagio Dancer
- (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
- Policeman Kelly
- (uncredited)
Olin Francis
- Insurance Investigator
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Chicago Monday 30 January 1950 on WENR (Channel 7) in Los Angeles Saturday 25 March 1950 on KNBH (Channel 4), in New York City Wednesday 2 August 1950 on WABD (Channel 5), and in Philadelphia Sunday 15 October 1950 on WFIL (Channel 6).
- Quotes
Harrison - Newspaper Editor: The coroner is so confused he almost did a post mortem on himself.
- ConnectionsReferenced in They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023)
Featured review
Fog? What fog?
A mysterious murderer known as The Fiend is targeting the people of a theatre. To draw the killer into the open, newspaper reporter Jean Monroe (June Collyer) writes an article claiming that she saw his face and can identify him; naturally that makes her a target. Sure enough, the killer strikes but isn't successful. Jean's love interest Frank Gordon (Lloyd Hughes) tries to protect her while playwright Peter Fortune (Lawrence Gray) assists the police in apprehending the villain.
This poverty row effort is so cheap that it doesn't even deliver on the fog promised in the title (or sound effects for a gun firing, for that matter).
Sloppily written and directed, with no notable performances (unless you count Al St. John as comic relief photographer Elmer, who is only notable for being so thoroughly irritating), the film lurches awkwardly from scene to scene. There's a modicum of fun to be had from the ridiculous idea of a gun (silently) firing frozen poison into the victims and leaving no marks, and the hunchbacked killer in black cloak and hat is suitably menacing, but the film is too slapdash and laboriously talky to be an effective thriller.
3.5/10, rounded up to 4 for the entertaining acrobatic dance rehearsal at the theatre.
This poverty row effort is so cheap that it doesn't even deliver on the fog promised in the title (or sound effects for a gun firing, for that matter).
Sloppily written and directed, with no notable performances (unless you count Al St. John as comic relief photographer Elmer, who is only notable for being so thoroughly irritating), the film lurches awkwardly from scene to scene. There's a modicum of fun to be had from the ridiculous idea of a gun (silently) firing frozen poison into the victims and leaving no marks, and the hunchbacked killer in black cloak and hat is suitably menacing, but the film is too slapdash and laboriously talky to be an effective thriller.
3.5/10, rounded up to 4 for the entertaining acrobatic dance rehearsal at the theatre.
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- BA_Harrison
- Sep 10, 2022
Details
- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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