For a filmmaker whose name has been synonymous with classic
comedies like The Pink Panther, Shot in The Dark, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Party, Blake
Edwards wasn't exactly someone you’d tag as a director for film in the thriller
genre. When you have talent like Edwards
at the helm I’d like to think it would be possible but you never know. This
made watching Twilight Time’s newly re-mastered Blu-ray release of Edwards’ 1962 film Experiment in Terror quite intriguing.
Kelly Sherwood (Lee Remmick, Anatomy of a Murder, The Omen)
is in a bit if a bind – she’s being terrorized by a madman (Ross Martin, Wild
Wild West) who wants her to steal 100,000 dollars from the bank which she
works. If Kelly doesn’t listen to “Red”, her sister, Toby Sherwood (Stefanie
Powers, Hart to Hart) will die.
After being told by her captor not to go to the police, she
does just that and receives the help of FBI agent John Ripley (Glenn Ford, The
Big Heat, and Blackboard Jungle). Red isn't stupid and catches on to the fact he’s
got the authorities eyes on him. He continues to harass Sherwood and even
Ripley via phone with his asthmatic voice.