Maggie, widow to a renowned gunfighter, does her best to negotiate a peace, threatening to tell the sheriff that whoever shoots first is a murderer, and she eventually convinces them to only shoot each other when the clock strikes. Another cowboy, Red Hillman (McGavin), soon shows up at Old Maggie's roadhouse, and the two cowboys threaten a shoot-out over a poker game and intoxication from the night before. Cowboy Dell Delaney (Barry) arrives shortly afterward, desiring a warm respite from the storm, and proceeds to scare the life out of Ben by drawing his gun on him when Ben brings in some firewood. Old Maggie Ryan (Corby) promises to fix a wonderful meal to Ben Morgan (MacGregor) if he will get to work during a very rainy day. Supporting cast: George MacReady as Douglas Irwin, Percy Helton as Gerald Eaton, Paul Brinegar as Mason, Harry Tyler as Isaiah DobbsĮllen Corby as Old Maggie Ryan, Gene Barry as Del Delaney, Darren McGavin as Red Hillman He has been in an Arizona mental hospital for four years and his memories of Paris are just a delusion. Kim eventually learns from Susan that he is the one who killed his father. Next, Kim sees coroner Isaiah Dobbs (Tyler), who claims ignorance as the former coroner retired, stating that three men (Greg, Irwin, and Greg's son) went hunting, and only two returned alive. He then goes to see cemetery official Gerald Eaton (Helton), whom he pressures to let him see the body, with Eaton admitting that there is no body in the coffin. Kim suspects foul play, as Perry inherited everything in the will and Kim finds a hunting license dated after Greg supposedly died in that October, so he inquires with Irwin, who claims that Perry just got the date wrong. Upon returning home, he learns that his father died four years ago (1950) of a heart attack on the tennis court, a fact that his brother Perry (Stevens) and sister-in-law Susan (Leachman) did not tell him. After being dropped off by local cabbie Mason (Brinegar), he runs into old acquaintance Douglas Irwin (MacReady), his sister-in-law's father, who is quite surprised to see him and tries to get Kim to call his family first. after four years in Paris, hoping to reunite with his estranged father Greg, who has not answered any of his letters. Kim Stanger (Forsythe) returns home to the U.S. John Forsythe as Kim Stanger, Warren Stevens as Perry Stanger, Cloris Leachman as Susan Stanger Fergusen, Ray Montgomery as Man in Gray Suit, John Gallaudet as Doctor, Ray Teal as Police Lieutenant, Herbert Lytton as Police Lieutenant, Norman Willis as Cop, John Daheim (credited as John Day) as Cop, Lillian O'Malley as Hotel Maid Elsa is taken away to a mental hospital while Carl is tried, convicted and sentenced to prison for taking the law into his own hands. But a little later, Elsa, still mentally disturbed, identifies another man as her attacker, leading Carl to realize, too late, that he might have killed an innocent man, just as the police close in on them. Seeking revenge, an enraged Carl follows the man and kills him in his hotel room with a wrench, and a maid (O'Malley) quickly finds the body. Later, while driving in town, Elsa points out a man in a gray suit (Montgomery) as her attacker. After talking to Elsa's doctor (Gallaudet), Carl decides to take Elsa on a vacation. After reporting it to police officers (Willis and Daheim), two lieutenants (Teal and Lytton) take over handling the case. While Carl is at work, Elsa is apparently attacked and left traumatized by an intruder, claiming to be a salesman, in their trailer park home, as Carl comes home to a burning cake and Elsa in a state of shock. Fergusen offers to take Elsa to market, as Elsa has nothing to do in their new location by the sea, having been given advice by doctors to take a break after having a nervous breakdown. Fergusen (Bavier) before driving to work, and Mrs. Ralph Meeker as Carl Spann, Vera Miles as Elsa SpannĬarl Spann (Meeker) wakes up early for his first day at a new job and makes his wife Elsa (Miles) breakfast.
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