Summaries

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect.

A woman has recently been murdered. A teacher at the nearby high school receives threatening notes from a student. Detective Graham is the only one who believes that she is in danger. She fingers the boy, a popular student. Her teaching career is threatened, as is her life. The detective looks for evidence, and brings him in on burglary and murder charges. Both crimes are solved.—Audrey B. Morris

Contemporary bachelorette Lois Conway is the music teacher and cheerleading director at Ogden Central High. She receives some lurid notes addressed in crayon to 'TEACHER DEAR' and is subsequently assaulted and harassed by a troubled teen, the son of a stern and overly-protective businessman. Lois finds herself at the center of unfavorable high school politics and the victim of a bit of sexism. There's also been a rash of assaults on women, one ending in murder, and Lieutenant Graham searches for a connection while wooing Miss Conway.—Jeff Hole <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • murder
  • psychotronic film
  • school
  • film noir in color
  • entering through a window
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Film-Noir
Release date Dec 26, 1956
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Herbert Hoover High School - 651 Glenwood Road, Glendale, California, USA
Production companies Universal International Pictures (UI)

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 35m
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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