The Sadist

The Sadist (1963, USA) is a Crime-Thriller film directed by James Landis.

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Main Details

• Released in 1963
• B & W
• Running Time: 92 Min.
• Production Co: Fairway International Pictures
• Distribution Co: Fairway International Pictures (1963) (USA) (theatrical) | Cinemation Industries (1971) (USA) (theatrical) (retitled re-release) | Prima Film (1971) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Directed by James Landis
• Written by James Landis
• Starring Arch Hall Jr., Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning, Don Russell, Helen Hovey
• Produced by L. Steven Snyder
• Original Music by Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter
• Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond (as William Zsigmond)

Plot Summary

• Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.

Also Known As

• Der Mittagsmörder (Austria / Germany)
• A bruciapelo! (Italy)
• Profile of Terror
• Le Sadique (France)
• Sadisti (Finland)
• Sweet Baby Charlie (USA) (reissue title)
• Todesangst (Germany)

Taglines

• Never before a motion picture Rampacked with... Suspense... Terror... Sudden Shock, as The SADIST
• A Human Volcano Of Unpredictable Terror!
• What Fiendish Passion Twisted His Mind--Made Him Torment, Torture, Kill?