Experiment in Terror

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2K Restoration!


The chilling phone call doesn’t start with Blake Edwards’ deadly 1962 dial-up, but it may have inspired caller ID, especially when it’s an asthmatic psychopath (Ross Martin) on the line. Kelly (Lee Remick) is a nothing-special bank teller. But a killer has her number: embezzle a hefty sum from your bank or I kidnap your sister, no wheezy phone prank. Soon G-man John Ripley (Glenn Ford) takes on the case and the chase proceeds across the fogbound hills of San Francisco. Henry Mancini’s twangy score reverberating across Philip Lathrop’s menacing camera makes for a bit of taut telephone terror. 

—Steve Seid

• Written by Gordon Gordon and Mildred Gordon, from their novel Operation Terror. Photographed by Philip Lathrop. With Glenn Ford, Lee Remick, Stefanie Powers, Ross Martin. (123 mins, B&W, 2K DCP, From Sony Pictures)