{"id":35597,"date":"2024-04-13T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T12:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35597"},"modified":"2024-04-09T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T02:00:07","slug":"the-girl-in-black-stockings-1957-starring-lex-barker-anne-bancroft-mamie-van-doren-john-dehner-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35597","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Girl in Black Stockings&#8221; (1957) starring Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren &amp; John Dehner \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z041324zview_girlblackstockings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Girl in Black Stockings <\/strong><\/em>(1957)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>\u00a0Howard W. Koch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Richard Landau<\/strong>, based on the short story <em>&#8220;Wanton Murder&#8221;<\/em> by<strong> Peter Godfrey<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, John Holland, Diana Van der Vlis, Richard H. Cutting, Larry Chance, Gene O&#8217;Donnell, Stuart Whitman <\/strong>and <strong>Dan Blocker.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>One Will Die Tonight!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a party girl is found brutally murdered, Sheriff Jess Holmes (Dehner) has no shortage of suspects. They include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Hewson (Barker), a LA lawyer on vacation<\/li>\n<li>Beth Dixon (Bancroft), Ed Parry&#8217;s former personal assistant<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ed Parry (Randell), the paralyzed, wheelchair-bound lodge owner<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Julia Parry (Windsor), Ed&#8217;s sister and caretaker<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Norman Grant (Holland), a once-famous actor hoping for a comeback<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harriett Ames (Van Doren), Norman Grant&#8217;s much younger lady friend<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Joseph Felton (O&#8217;Donnell), a guest who just recently arrived at the lodge<\/li>\n<li>Joe (Chance), an employee of the lodge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sheriff Holmes has his hands full. More will die before the murderer is revealed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Girl in Black Stockings\u00a0<\/em>was filmed on location at the Parry Lodge in Kanab, Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Top-billed Lex Barker played Tarzan in five movies prior to making this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anne Bancroft would go on to be nominated for an <em>Academy Award<\/em> as <em>Best Actress in a Leading Role<\/em> five times, winning once in 1963 for her performance in <em>The Miracle Worker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Whitman and Dan Blocker appear in small roles.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>The Girl in Black Stockings <\/strong><\/em>(1957) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z041324zview_girlblackstockings2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) Director: \u00a0Howard W. 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