Signpost to Murder

Are we all potential killers?

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An escaped mental patient from an asylum for the criminally insane, reported to be homicidal, hides out in a woman's rural home.

Released: Dec 4, 1964

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Joanne Woodward

Molly Thomas

Stuart Whitman

Alex Forrester

Edward Mulhare

Dr. Mark Fleming

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