It’s always a good sign for a movie when the Wikipedia page kicks off with the screenwriters’ pseudonym. Yes, not only did Bob Wade and Bill Miller co-pen this thriller under the moniker Whit Masterson, they also jointly wrote the book the flick’s based on as “Wade Miller.” The plot’s typical of a Sixties youth crime movie, with Bye Bye Birdie’s Ann-Margret playing a disturbed but devastatingly pretty young thing pulling a prospective politician into her rough-and-tumble world. Why’s it in the Weird Wednesday program, then? As Alamo says in their copy, this is the only one of the mini-genre “to feature Elvis’ love interest from Viva Las Vegas domming a member of the patriarchy.” – James Scott
