Dr. Cross, portrayed by the remarkably young Vincent Price, is treating a young patient for shock. She fell into a coma after witnessing a man kill his wife with a candlestick. The twist? The man she saw was Dr. Cross himself. The question remains, how will she escape this perilous situation?
Lynn Bari plays the Doctor’s lover/nurse, Elaine, and, if you know anything about noir, she’s never a leading lady but always the seductress —a “sultry, statuesque man-killer,” as Wikipedia calls her. Sadly, her career fizzled by the 1950s, “sabotaged by unresolved problems with her domineering, alcoholic mother and three marriages.”
As Dr. Cross realizes that Janet is aware of his dark secret, Elaine, his lover and nurse, persuades him to induce a coma in Janet through insulin overdose and shock therapy. Despite his reluctance to harm her, he is left with no choice but to end her life. However, Dr. Harvey intervenes just in time, saving the day and preventing a tragic end.
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