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The Sinister Urge (1961)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1961
Running Times: 71 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Headliner Productions
Executive Producer: Roy Reid
Producer: Edward D. Wood Jr

SCRIPT
Script: Edward D. Wood Jr

DIRECTION
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: William C. Thompson
Stills: Larry Smith

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Soh

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Sam Kopetzky

CAST
Kenne Duncan (Lt Matt Carson)
Duke Moore (Sgt Randy Stone)
Jean Fontaine (Gloria Henderson)
Carl Anthony (Johnny Ryde)
Dino Fantini (Dirk Williams)
Jeanne Willardson (Mary Smith)
Harvey B. Dunn (Mr Romaine)
Reed Howes (police inspector)
Fred Mason (Officer Kline)
Conrad Brooks (Connie)
Jean Baree (policeman)
Judy Berares (Frances)
Johnny Carpenter
Toni Costello, April Lynn, Sylvia Marenco, Kathy Randall (models)
Harry Keaton (Jaffe)
Vic McGee (syndicate man)
Clayton Peca (undercover policeman in drag)
Nick Raymond (syndicate man 2)
Oma Soffian (nurse)
Vonnie Starr (secretary)
Edward D. Wood Jr (man in fight)

PLOT SUMMARY

A serial killer is murdering young women in a park and the police suspect that it might have something to do with a local sex movie ring. They begin leaning on one of the gang members, Gloria Henderson, and her sidekick who soliciting young women to appear in their films.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Theatrical Distributor: Creative Exposure (1983)
Video Distributor: Sinister Cinema
DVD Distributor: Sinister Cinema

POSTER TAGS

A beautiful girl. A photograph by mail. A compulsive urge. A slash of a knife.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Hellborn
The Young and the Immoral

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Bride of the Monster (1955)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Ed Wood: Look Back In Angora (1994)
Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985)

KEYWORDS

pornographers, serial killers, transvestitism


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