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Experiment In Terror
''Experiment in Terror'' is a 1962 American neo-noir thriller film released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Blake Edwards and written by Mildred Gordon and Gordon Gordon based on their 1961 novel ''Operation Terror''. The film stars Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers and Ross Martin. The musical score was performed by Henry Mancini. Plot A sadistic killer, Garland "Red" Lynch, uses a campaign of terror to force San Francisco bank teller Kelly Sherwood to steal $100,000 from the bank for him. Despite Lynch's threat to kill Sherwood or her teenage sister Toby if she goes to the police, Sherwood contacts the San Francisco office of the FBI, where agent John Ripley takes charge of the case. Ripley interviews a woman who implies that she is involved in some way in a serious crime, but before she can give Ripley the details, Lynch murders her. Sherwood continues to be terrorized with phone calls, an asthmatic condition making the unseen Lynch's voice all the more sini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards (born William Blake Crump; July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. Edwards began his career in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon began writing screenplays and radio scripts before turning to producing and directing in television and films. His best-known films include '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), '' Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), ''The Great Race'' (1965), '' 10'' (1979), ''Victor/Victoria'' (1982), and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British actor Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theater. In 2004, he received an Honorary Academy Award in recognition of his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen. Early life Born William Blake Crump July 26, 1922, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn, which later became a borough of New York City, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and assumed several different monikers thereafter before finally settling on the name Dodgers in 1932. From the 1940s through the mid-1950s, the Dodgers developed a fierce cross-town rivalry with the New York Yankees as the two clubs faced each other in the World Series seven times, with the Dodgers losing the first five matchups before defeating them to win the franchise's first title in 1955. It was also during this period that the Dodgers made history by breaking the baseball color line in 1947 with the debut of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues since 1884. Another major milestone was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Review Aggregator
A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews of products and services (such as films, books, video games, software, hardware, and cars). This system stores the reviews and uses them for purposes such as supporting a website where users can view the reviews, selling information to third parties about consumer tendencies, and creating databases for companies to learn about their actual and potential customers. The system enables users to easily compare many different reviews of the same work. Many of these systems calculate an approximate average assessment, usually based on assigning a numeric value to each review related to its degree of positive rating of the work. Review aggregation sites have begun to have economic effects on the companies that create or manufacture items under review, especially in certain categories such as electronic games, which are expensive to purchase. Some companies have tied royalty payment rates and employee bonuses to aggregate scores, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Beach, San Francisco
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. The neighborhood is San Francisco's " Little Italy" and has historically been home to a large Italian American population, largely from Northern Italy. It still has many Italian restaurants, though many other ethnic groups currently live in the neighborhood. It was also the historic center of the beatnik subculture and has become one of San Francisco's main nightlife districts as well as a residential neighborhood populated by a mix of young urban professionals, families, and Chinese immigrants. The American Planning Association (APA) has named North Beach as one of ten "Great Neighborhoods in America". Location North Beach is bounded by the former Barbary Coast, now Jackson Square, the Financial District south of Broadway, Chinatown to the southwest of Columbus below Green Street, Russian Hill to the west, Telegraph Hill to the east and F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
Fisherman's Wharf is a neighborhood and popular tourist attraction in San Francisco, California. It roughly encompasses the northern waterfront area of San Francisco from Ghirardelli Square or Van Ness Avenue east to Pier 35 or Kearny Street. The F Market streetcar runs through the area, the Powell-Hyde cable car line runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell-Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away. History San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf gets its name and neighborhood characteristics from the city's early days of the mid to later 1800s when Italian immigrant fishermen came to the city to take advantage of the influx of population due to the gold rush. Most of the Italian immigrant fishermen settled in the North Beach area close to the wharf and fished for the local delicacies and dungeness crab. From then until the present day the wharf remained the center of operations for San Francisco's fishing fleet. Despite its redevelopment into a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocker National Bank
Crocker National Bank was a United States bank headquartered in San Francisco, California. It was acquired by and merged into Wells Fargo Bank in 1986. History The bank traces its history to the Woolworth National Bank in San Francisco. Charles Crocker, who was one of The Big Four of the Central Pacific Railroad and who constructed America's First transcontinental railroad, acquired a controlling interest in Woolworth for his son William Henry Crocker. The bank was renamed Crocker Woolworth National Bank, later Crocker National Bank. Crocker National merged with the First National Bank of San Francisco, founded by James D. Phelan, in 1925 to form Crocker First National Bank. In 1956, Crocker First National Bank merged with the Anglo California National Bank (established by Herbert Fleishhacker) to form Crocker-Anglo Bank. In 1963, Crocker-Anglo Bank later merged with Los Angeles' Citizens National Bank, to become Crocker-Citizens Bank. and later, Crocker Bank. In the 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarendon Heights
San Francisco, in the US state of California, has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central district. These five broad districts, counterclockwise are: Central/downtown, Richmond, Sunset, Upper Market and beyond (south central) and Bernal Heights/Bayview and beyond (southeast). Within each of these five districts are located major neighborhoods, and again there is considerable fluidity seen in the sources. The San Francisco Planning Department officially identifies 36 neighborhoods. Within these 36 official neighborhoods are a large number of minor districts, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping. Some of San Francisco's neighborhoods are also officially designated as " cultural districts." Alamo Square Alamo Square is a subset o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Lung
Clarence Lung (1914–1993) was a film and television actor. He appeared in films such as '' Dragon Seed'', '' Song of the Sarong'', ''Experiment in Terror'', ''Prisoner Of War'', ''Operation Petticoat'', '' China'' and ''The Hundred Days of the Dragon''. Among the television programs he appeared in were '' Secret Agent X-9'' and '' China Smith''. Biography Lung was born in Idaho to George Lung and Lillian Pfeiffer. His parents divorced when he was young, and he grew up in Colorado with his mother and sister. Lung's television credits include ''Guys Like O'Malley'', a story about an observation post during the Korean war, in which he appeared along with James Best and Neville Brand. In film, one of his early roles was a small part in ''The Good Earth''. Later he played Attorney Yung in ''Experiment in Terror'', a film that starred Glenn Ford and Lee Remick. He had a supporting role in '' Dragon Seed'' that starred Katharine Hepburn. In that film, he had the distinction of being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lanphier
James Lanphier was an American actor who did a variety of work for Blake Edwards. He portrayed Saloud in the 1963 film ''The Pink Panther'', and also appeared in films such as ''Darling Lili'' (1970) and the television series ''Peter Gunn'' (1958–61). Biography Lanphier was born at Mitchel Field, New York, to Janet Grant Cobb and Thomas George Lanphier Sr. He had two brothers, Thomas Jr. and Charles. Lanphier made his stage debut as a juvenile in an army post drama. He debuted on Broadway as a dancer in ''Mexican Hayride'' in 1944 and played Mr. Atkins in a production of '' Dark of the Moon'' the following year. He began his acting career on American television in 1949. In 1957 Lanphier made his feature film debut in an uncredited role in '' The Deadly Mantis'' (1957). Several other minor roles followed including small roles in Blake Edwards' '' The Perfect Furlough'' (1958), ''Operation Petticoat'' (1959) and '' High Time'' (1960), then two appearances on Edwards' ''Peter Gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Crockett
Richard DeHart Crockett (February 27, 1915 – January 25, 1979) was an American television and film actor, stunt performer, stunt coordinator, producer, and director, best known for his work with director Blake Edwards. Career The first film he worked on was ''Room Service'' in 1938. The following year he began acting and doing stunt work in ''Bachelor Mother'' and ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' respectively. He appeared in ''Munster, Go Home!'' and ''Batman'' which were both released in 1966 and based on the respective television shows. Crockett continued as an actor and a stuntman until the late 1970s. He was also an associate producer for four movies in the 1960s: ''The Pink Panther'', ''The Great Race'', ''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' and ''Gunn''. A few years later he became a second unit director for ''Darling Lili'', ''The Moonshine War'' and ''Wild Rovers''. In 1976 Crockett took his last acting role as President Gerald Ford (whom he strongly resembled) in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bryant (actor)
William Bryant (born William Robert Klein; January 31, 1924 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor. Film Born in Detroit, Bryant was a character actor who appeared in films such as ''King Dinosaur'' (1955), ''Escape from San Quentin'' (1957), ''Experiment in Terror'' (1962) with Glenn Ford, ''How to Murder Your Wife'' and ''The Great Race'' with Jack Lemmon, ''What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' (1966), McQ'' (1974), and ''Walking Tall Part II'' (1975). He also played several roles in the classic western movies ''Heaven with a Gun'' (1969), ''Chisum'' (1970), ''Macho Callahan'' (1970), ''Wild Rovers'' (1971), ''The Deadly Trackers'' (1973). Television Most of his career was made on television, including ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'', ''Frontier'', ''Casey Jones'', ''Tales of the Texas Rangers'', '' The Gray Ghost'', ''Maverick'', '' The Rebel'', ''Have Gun – Will Travel'', ''The Rifleman'', '' Laramie'', '' The Virginian'', '' Rawhide'', ''Lancer'', ''Miami Undercover'', '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifton James
George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in '' Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) and '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974), the sheriff in '' Silver Streak'' (1976), a Texas tycoon in '' The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training'' (1977), and the owner of the scandalous 1919 Chicago White Sox baseball team in '' Eight Men Out'' (1988). Early life James was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Grace (née Dean), a teacher, and Harry James, a journalist. He grew up in Oregon in the Gladstone area of Clackamas County. James was a decorated World War II United States Army veteran. He served as an infantry platoon sergeant with Co. "A" 163rd Infantry, 41st Division. He served forty-two months in the South Pacific from January 1942 until August 1945. His decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
