The Girl in Black Stockings
Encyclopedia
The Girl in Black Stockings is a 1957
B-movie mystery film starring Lex Barker
, Anne Bancroft
and Mamie Van Doren
fans.
The motel used for the movie was really called the Parry Lodge and was situated in Kanab, Utah. In the early 1930's, the Parry brothers opened the lodge to allow Hollywood crew members who were filming in the area, a place to stay. In time, many famous movie stars have stayed at this motel.
The movie was filmed in 1956, but released almost a year later in September 1957.
1957 in film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock, starring Elvis Presley, opens.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue-Awards:...
B-movie mystery film starring Lex Barker
Lex Barker
Lex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.-Early life:...
, Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft
Anne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....
and Mamie Van Doren
Mamie Van Doren
Mamie Van Doren is an American actress and singer; who rose to popularity as Universal Pictures's version of 20th Century Fox's Marilyn Monroe....
Plot
A girl is murdered and several people staying in a motel are suspected. While the local sheriff is questioning the suspects, the killer strikes again....Cast
- Lex BarkerLex BarkerLex Barker was an American actor best known for playing Tarzan of the Apes and leading characters from Karl May's novels.-Early life:...
as David Hewson - Anne BancroftAnne BancroftAnne Bancroft was an American actress associated with the Method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg....
as Beth Dixon - Mamie Van DorenMamie Van DorenMamie Van Doren is an American actress and singer; who rose to popularity as Universal Pictures's version of 20th Century Fox's Marilyn Monroe....
as Harriet Ames - Ron RandellRon RandellRonald Egan "Ron" Randell was an Australian-born American film and stage actor.-Biography:Randell was born in Sydney. He started his career as a stage and radio performer in his teens. He soon established himself as a leading male juvenile for radio, acting for 2KY Players, George Edwards, BAP...
as Edmund Parry - Marie WindsorMarie WindsorMarie Windsor . Born as Emily Marie Bertelson in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, Windsor was an actress known as "The Queen of the Bs" because she appeared in so many film noirs and B-movies like Cat-Women of the Moon...
as Julia Parry - John DehnerJohn DehnerJohn Dehner was an American actor in radio, television, and films, playing countless roles, often as a droll villain. Between 1941 and 1988, he appeared in over 260 films and television programs. Prior to acting, Dehner had worked as an animator at Walt Disney Studios, and later became a radio...
as Sheriff Jess Holmes - John Holland as Norman Grant
- Diana Van der VlisDiana Van der VlisDiana Van der Vlis was a Canadian stage, screen and television actress best known for her characters ‘Dr. Nell Beaulac’ on the ABC soap opera "Ryan's Hope" and 'Kate Hathaway Prescott’ on the CBS soap opera Where the Heart Is...
as Louise Miles - Richard Cutting as Dr. John Aitkin
- Larry ChanceLarry ChanceLarry Chance is an American musical artist, and the lead singer of the popular 1960s Doo Wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls....
as Indian Joe - Gene O'Donnell as Joseph Felton
- Gerald Frank as Frankie Pierce
- Karl MacDonald as Deputy Fred
- Norman Leavitt as Amos
- Stuart WhitmanStuart WhitmanStuart Maxwell Whitman is an American actor.Stuart Whitman is arguably best-known for playing Marshal Jim Crown in the western television series Cimarron Strip in 1967...
as Prentiss
Trivia
This film was mainly shown at drive-in theatres where it was a hit with audiences, particularly Mamie Van DorenMamie Van Doren
Mamie Van Doren is an American actress and singer; who rose to popularity as Universal Pictures's version of 20th Century Fox's Marilyn Monroe....
fans.
The motel used for the movie was really called the Parry Lodge and was situated in Kanab, Utah. In the early 1930's, the Parry brothers opened the lodge to allow Hollywood crew members who were filming in the area, a place to stay. In time, many famous movie stars have stayed at this motel.
The movie was filmed in 1956, but released almost a year later in September 1957.