The Night Holds Terror

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

Three young, empty-eyed killers, without mercy or morals, turn a private home into a house of horror!

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Date of release
1955-07-13
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Drama
Director
Andrew L. Stone

Casting

Interesting facts

The Night Holds Terror is a 1955 American crime film noir based on a true incident, written and directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Vince Edwards, John Cassavetes and Jack Kelly.

Production

The crime that became the basis of The Night Holds Terror occurred on February 13, 1953. Eugene M. Courtier was an Edwards Air Force Base technician, and the kidnapping took place on a Lancaster, California highway. The sale of Courtier's car also took place in Lancaster. The criminals, Leonard Daniel Mahan, James Bartley Carrigan and Don Eugene Hall, were tried and convicted.

The account of the actual crime lacks most of the dramatics of the overnight hostage situation at the Courtier home in the film and suggests that the Courtiers were under far less force and coercion than portrayed in the film. The record does not mention any gunfight or violence during the kidnappers' apprehension of Courtier and occupation of his home.

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