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- 1962
- Approved
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 1962
- Approved
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
Summary A man with an asthmatic voice telephones bank clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Written By: Gordon Gordon, Mildred Gordon
- 1962
- Approved
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
- 1962
- Approved
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 3 m
Experiment in Terror
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Summary A man with an asthmatic voice telephones bank clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank.
Written By: Gordon Gordon, Mildred Gordon
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
69
75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
69
75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
With Experiment in Terror, Edwards, working in the familiar genre of criminal depravity, does something that may well be, for Hollywood, unprecedented: he makes a virtual piece of film criticism in movie form.
After Carpenter and De Palma, it may seem a little dated; yet Edwards' classical feel for pure cinema remains unalloyed.
Blake Edwards' moody suspense thriller captures San Francisco from unexpected perspectives, starting with a dark drive with a perfect noirish Henry Mancini score across the Bay Bridge, and ending with then-new Candlestick Park. [08 Feb 2015, p.D6]
Edwards' direction is effective, although he relies too heavily on overhead and boom shots to show his action scenes.
Credit the film’s modest virtues to Edwards’s undeniable verve as a visual stylist. Still, with a running time slightly over two hours, Experiment in Terror is a bit too protracted to count as an unqualified success.
It takes more than two hours to come to a solution of the problem in this film. They would do it in one hour on TV, and it would probably be every bit as good.
The film treatment embraces a number of unnecessary character bits that merely extend the plot and, despite their striking individual reaction, deter from the suspense buildup.
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Production Company
Geoffrey-Kate Productions
Release Date Apr 12, 1962
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating Approved
Tagline CHALLENGING! THE FASTEST TWO HOURS THE SCREEN HAS EVER SEEN! SHOCKING! IT PLUNGES YOU INTO A NEW DIMENSION OF FEAR! IMPORTANT! IT RATES WITH THE GREATEST SUSPENSE FILMS OF OUR TIME! (original print ad - all caps)
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination