{"id":41420,"date":"2026-04-04T10:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41420"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:37:42","slug":"who-killed-teddy-bear-1965-starring-sal-mineo-juliet-prowse-jan-murray-and-elaine-stritch-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=41420","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965) starring Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray and Elaine Stritch \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2026\/z040426zview_wktb.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"772\" \/><em><strong><br \/>\nWho Killed Teddy Bear? <\/strong><\/em>(1965)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Joseph Cates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Arnold Drake, Leon Tokatyan; <\/strong>story by<strong> Arnold Drake<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray, Elaine Stritch, Frank Campanella, Bruce Glover, Tom Aldredge, Rex Everhart\u00a0 <\/strong>and <strong>Daniel J. Travanti<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> Recommended for Mature Audiences<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Norah Dain dreams of being an actress.\u00a0 In the meantime she works as a nightclub dj.\u00a0 Norah&#8217;s life is turned upside down, when she begins receiving obscene phone calls.\u00a0 The caller knows what she is doing daily.\u00a0 It&#8217;s frightening to think that he&#8217;s stalking her.\u00a0 Norah gets the police involved when a decapitated teddy bear is left in her apartment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detective Dave Madden is assigned to the case.\u00a0 When Madden suggests that anyone, including himself could be the caller, Norah becomes concerned.\u00a0 She learns that Madden is still dealing with the loss of his wife who was raped and murdered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Could Detective Madden be Norah&#8217;s stalker?\u00a0 Or someone even worse?<\/p>\n<p><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;\">Arnold Drake who came up with the story and co-wrote the screenplay for <em>Who Killed Teddy Bear<\/em> had a career writing comic book stories.\u00a0 Drake was the co-creator of many characters including <em>The Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadman, The Doom Patrol, Havok, Polaris<\/em> and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The camera loves Juliet Prowse. <em>Sadly Who Killed Teddy Bear?<\/em> would be the last time she would appear in a feature film.\u00a0 For the remainer of her career she performed on television and stage.<\/p>\n<p>The film straddles the line between noir and exploitation.\u00a0 And features some suprising scenes for its time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch for a young Daniel J. Travanti, who would in 16 years gain fame for his role as Captain Frank Furillo on <em>Hill Street Blues<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Who Killed Teddy Bear? <\/strong><\/em>(1965) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.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\/2026\/z040426zview_wktb2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who Killed Teddy Bear? 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