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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 composed 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 another 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 ... [...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 and screenwriter. 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 (film), Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961), ''Days of Wine and Roses (film), Days of Wine and Roses'' (1962), ''A Shot in the Dark (1964 film), A Shot in the Dark'' (1964), ''The Great Race'' (1965), ''10 (1979 film), 10'' (1979), ''Victor/Victoria'' (1982), ''Blind Date (1987 film), Blind Date'' (1987), and the hugely successful ''The Pink Panther, 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 H ... [...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 (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. Founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and used other monikers before settling as the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. From the 1940s through the mid-1950s, the Dodgers developed a fierce crosstown Dodgers-Yankees rivalry, 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 World Series, 1955. 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 reached in 1956 when Don Newcombe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Stein
Herbert Alfred Stein (March 27, 1898 – October 25, 1980) was an American football player. He later made his professional debut in the National Football League (NFL) in 1922 with the Buffalo All-Americans. He played for Buffalo, Toledo Maroons, Frankford Yellow Jackets, and the Pottsville Maroons over the course of his six-year career. Herb later joined his brother, Russ Stein, Russ as a member of the 1925 Pottsville Maroons team that won the 1925 NFL Championship controversy, 1925 NFL Championship, before it was stripped from the team due to a disputed rules violation. He grew up in Warren, Ohio and attended high school at Niles McKinley High School and later The Kiski School, located in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. After high school, Stein attended the University of Pittsburgh and served as the team's Center (American football), center from 1918 until 1921. He was a consensus College Football All-America Team, All-American for Pitt in both his junior and senior years and serv ... [...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 and a sizeable Italian community, 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, Telegrap ... [...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, United States. 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 used to line runs to Aquatic Park, at the edge of Fisherman's Wharf, and the Powell / Mason cable car line runs a few blocks away in the past. History 1884 In 1884, the first state-owned Fisherman's Wharf was built at the foot of Union Street, jutting out from the shore on a north by northeast angle, comprising a long narrow rectangle about 450 feet long and 150 feet wide, with an entrance along the leeward eastern side. 1900 In 1900, the state of California set aside the waterfront between the foot of Taylor and Leavenworth streets for commercial fishing boats. 1970s Despite its redevelopment into a tourist attraction during the 1970s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocker National Bank
Crocker National Bank was an American 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 the head of construction for the western half of 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. In 1925, Crocker National merged with the First National Bank of San Francisco, founded by James D. Phelan, 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 merged with Los Angeles' Citizens National Bank, to become Crocker-Citizens Bank. and later ... [...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". In addition to official neighborhood des ... [...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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lanphier
James Lanphier (August 31, 1920 — February 11, 1969) 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), ... [...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 Crockett's first film was ''Room Service'' (1938) starring the Marx Brothers. 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'', both released in 1966 and based on their respective television programs. Crockett continued working as an actor and a stuntman until the late 1970s. Crockett was an associate producer for four films directed by Blake Edwards in the 1960s: ''The Pink Panther'' (1963), ''The Great Race'' (1965), '' What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?'' (1966) and '' Gunn'' (1967). A few years later, he became a second unit director for Edwards' '' Darling Lili'' (1970), and ''Wild Rovers'' (1971). In 1976, Crocket ... [...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''(S5 E7 "The Assailants"), '' Laramie'', '' The Virginian'', ''Rawhide'', ''Lancer ... [...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 Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
