Maniac

Maniac

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1963-05-20
Duration:86 min
Director:Michael Carreras
Actors:Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse, George Pastell
Production:Hammer Film Productions

Overview:

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

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