The Night Holds Terror

Jul 13, 1955

1h 26m

★ 5.5

Three young, empty-eyed killers, without mercy or morals, turn a private home into a house of horror!

Overview

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Gene Courtier

Jack Kelly

Doris Courtier

Hildy Parks

Victor Gosset

Vince Edwards

Robert Batsford

John Cassavetes

Luther Logan

David Cross

Captain Cole

Eddie Marr

Detective Pope

Jack Kruschen

Phyllis Harrison

Joyce McCluskey

Bob Henderson

Jonathan Hale

Stranske

Barney Phillips

TV News Broadcaster

Roy Neal

Steven Courtier

Charles Herbert

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