Experiment in Terror (The Grip of Fear)

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Tris to escape conventions, tries to be new kinf of washed evil, but Lee remick could be Dors Day involved in a crime. Too confident in police and its methods and a bit of idiot plot

More of a director trying on Hitchcockian suspense and seeing how it fits than a film noir, Experiment in Terror strikes curious poses as it lumbers towards its ending. Far too protracted to keep the suspense going, Experiment in Terror in an experiment alright, but mainly one of the “woman imperiled” variety. Much of the story is game of cat and mouse between rigid cop Glenn Ford (who else, r... read more

Kelly Sherwood (Lee Remick) is a bank teller who is terrorized by murderer "Red" Lynch (Ross Martin). Red, whose asthmatic voice is heard through his many terrifying phone calls, threatens to kill Kelly if she doesn't steal a large sum of money from the bank. In an attempt to ensure her compliance, Red begins to threaten those closest to Kelly. Despite her terror, Kelly involves the F.B.I., including Agent Ripley (Glenn Ford), who works to capture Red before the villain can get to Kelly.