Gunther Wyckoff has
been placed in a mental institution instead of being executed in the electric
chair. He was found to be mentally
ill by the police psychiatrist, Dr. John Faron. Gunther escapes from the hospital and he travels to the town
where he was on trial. The woman
passenger next to him on the bus notices his unusual stiff behavior. Gunther sees a gun above the bus driver
and he takes the gun during a stop.
The bus driver confronts him about the gun and Gunther shoots him. His next visit is to a local bar with five
customers and two employees. He
shoots the bartender and takes the other employee and the customers as
hostages. He demands to talk to
Dr. Faron.
The customers and
employees of the bar are interesting people. There is some discussion between the detective in charge of
this situation and the psychiatrist about a sentence of execution versus
hospitalization. In this case,
hospitalization caused the deaths of innocent people, injuries to the bus driver
and one policeman plus psychological trauma to the hostages. But on the other side of the argument,
should mentally ill people be killed when they commit crimes? 3* (This movie is OK)
75
min, Crime directed by Gerald Mayer with Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field,
Andrea King, Sam Levene, Leon Ames, Keefe Brasselle, Richard Rober, James Bell,
William Conrad, Dick Simmons, Hal Baylor.
Note: Imdb 6.7 out of 10, 33% audience on
Rotten Tomatoes, Letterboxed 3 ½*.
Special
Note: 1119 was the number to dial
for the police department.
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