The acting is some of the worst ever - how did these people "make it" in Hollywood. The only good actor, sort of, is the woman who gets killed. A couple of ancillary, not-yet-discovered actors have a couple of lines and are better actors than the main ones.
Creeper alerts 1 the guy hangs out with little kids 2 he hides alone in a cave with 1 and then 2 little girls 3 he enlists the kids to help him dodge the police & lie to their parents to help create his alibi and prove himself innocent
Sociopath in training - the youngest girl threatens to kill the older girl while she is actually strangling her & the adult in the cave just watches on. Then he gives the older girl the ok sign to condone her manipulating the younger girl to believe she is the one in control.
For 1959, it's surprisingly poorly written, acted, produced. The cringe effect is at every turn - if the storyline is in anyway interesting to you, then the acting and character development makes it unbearable.
This Alan Ladd guy was really a star?
The kids are slightly better actors than Ladd - but the whole thing is like a school play. Ugh.
Creeper alerts 1 the guy hangs out with little kids 2 he hides alone in a cave with 1 and then 2 little girls 3 he enlists the kids to help him dodge the police & lie to their parents to help create his alibi and prove himself innocent
Sociopath in training - the youngest girl threatens to kill the older girl while she is actually strangling her & the adult in the cave just watches on. Then he gives the older girl the ok sign to condone her manipulating the younger girl to believe she is the one in control.
For 1959, it's surprisingly poorly written, acted, produced. The cringe effect is at every turn - if the storyline is in anyway interesting to you, then the acting and character development makes it unbearable.
This Alan Ladd guy was really a star?
The kids are slightly better actors than Ladd - but the whole thing is like a school play. Ugh.