I was curious to see this, which presages Wait Until Dark - woman in peril thriller. Olivia de Havilland gets stuck in a lift. Boozy Jeff Corey turns up to rob her. Ann Sothern in cahoots with her. Corey blabs to a trio of hoods - led by sexy young James Caan, sexy and psycho, his overacting blonde girl and a Latino. They hop around, act. Writer Luther Davis has thirty minutes of plot - he throws in various characters (a local gangster who sends in his hoods, de Havilland suicidal son) without getting them to interact or develop relationships. It all feels like padding when it needn't be it just needed some twists and turns.
Flashy direction from Walter Graumann, stylish black and white photography, jazz music, a dog getting run over. I think he was making a statement about Violence Today with people looking on.
De Havilland is good as is Caan - he was strong from the beginning.
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