The Devil's Hand (1961)
1h 11m | PG-13
A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Studio: Rex Carlton Productions
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Video: 720p
Cast
Linda Christian
as Bianca Milan
Robert Alda
as Rick Turner
Neil Hamilton
as Francis 'Frank' Lamont
Jeanne Carmen
as The Blonde Cultist
Ariadna Welter
as Donna Trent
Gene Craft
as Mary the Nurse
Reviews
This might have been a better occult thriller had the director had a few more quid to hire a better cast and a writer. As it is, however, he didn't and so we are left with the lacklustre Robert Alda as "Rick" - a man who has mysterious dreams of a lady. Serendipity takes an hand and guess what - he meets her! Thanks to a mysterious doll and some masonic-style meetings, he is soon enthralled by "Bianca" (Linda Christian) and his fiancée "Donna" (Ariadne Welter) finds her wellbeing at considerable risk. Can he snap out of things before he falls foul of "Francis" (Neil Hamilton) and his followers of "Gamba"? Even by B-feature standards, this is pretty procedural and dull to watch. The indoor and static staging limits what opportunity there is for menace and the ending wouldn't look out of place in a Laurel & Hardy comedy. I'd give this a miss if I were you.