What is Experiment in Terror / Mister Cory about?

EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, 1962, Sony Repertory, 123 min. Bank teller, Lee Remick’s sister, Stefanie Powers, is kidnapped by creepy Ross Martin (TV’s “The Wild, Wild West”). Glenn Ford is the FBI agent who steps in to get her back. Director Blake Edwards’ skill at creating nailbiting suspense presaged his later focus on effervescent comedy. Composer Henry Mancini supplies one of his most memorable (and sinister) scores. MISTER CORY, 1957, Universal, 92 min. Perhaps director Blake Edwards’ most underrated film, this sleeper finds tough Tony Curtis getting a job as a busboy at a Wisconsin resort. But he quickly ends up manager of one of Chicago’s classiest gambling houses. Although the color cinematography belies the saga’s noirish roots, Edwards is true to his material with a rea

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What is Experiment in Terror / Mister Cory about?: EXPERIMENT IN TERROR, 1962, Sony Repertory, 123 min. Bank teller, Lee Remick’s sister, Stefanie Powers, is kidnapped by creepy Ross Martin (TV’s “The Wild, Wild West”). Glenn Ford is the FBI agent who steps in to get her back. Director Blake Edwards’ skill at creating nailbiting suspense presaged his later focus on effervescent comedy. Composer Henry Mancini supplies one of his most memorable (and sinister) scores.

MISTER CORY, 1957, Universal, 92 min. Perhaps director Blake Edwards’ most underrated film, this sleeper finds tough Tony Curtis getting a job as a busboy at a Wisconsin resort. But he quickly ends up manager of one of Chicago’s classiest gambling houses. Although the color cinematography belies the saga’s noirish roots, Edwards is true to his material with a rea