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"All Blonde... All Beautiful... All Bait!"

1952

1h 15m

6.0(19 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears

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12 members

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Adam Williams

Carl Martin

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Meg Randall

Jane Saunders

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Harlan Warde

Police Detective Sgt. Don Warde

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Edward Binns

Lt. Pete Hamilton

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John Maxwell

Fred Saunders

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Angela Stevens

Blonde

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Byron Kane

Police Chemist Charlie Wilkins

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Charles Tannen

Wolf

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Marilee Phelps

Virginia

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Robert Foulk

Wilson, Motel Manager

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Connie Vera

Carmelita

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Robert Shayne

Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist

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