Cry Terror! (1958)
6/10
It still has a happy ending.
12 November 2023
(1958) Cry Terror!

CRIME THRILLER

Co-produced, written and directed by Andrew L. Stone that has Jim Molner (James Mason) who used to be part of the bomb squad. Him along with his wife, Mrs. Joan Molner (Inger Stevens ) and their little daughter, Patty Molner (Terry Ann Ross) are taken hostage by former peer he used to serve with by the name of Paul Hoplin (Rod Steiger). It appears that Jim Molner was tricked into producing some bombs for him. And in turn, Paul used those very same bombs to plant them inside different passenger airplanes and so forth. For the purpose was to embezzle half a million dollars from the president of the 20th Century Airline comp. Roger Adams (Carleton Young). At the same time, Roger Adams get the security operations officer, Dan Pringle (Barney Phillips) before he involves the FBI, Agent Frank Cole (Kenneth Tobey). Meanwhile, Paul Hoplin introduces Jim and Joyce Molner to three other conspirators, Kelly (Angie Dickenson), a psychotic named Steve (Neville Brand) and Vince (Jack Klugman). Sometimes the movie is narrated by the protagonists experiences between Jim and his wife Joan as they becomes separated away from one another.

One of the inconsistencies was before Joan drove away from the bank, as she was narrating the time of event, that she gave the FBI Paul's first name and did not remember his last name. And yet when she was driving away to hand over the money, that she did know his last name after all. That the movie might have been over sooner. Finger prints from Paul could have been lifted or found from the Molner's home if the FBI already knew was responsible for making those bombs. Since when reporters were allowed to jeopardize a possible kidnapping or abduction. Other than that it still has a happy ending despite some of those questions unanswered.
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