Future First Lady Nancy Reagan is in Shadow On The Wall as a mental health therapist. Her client is young Gigi Perreau who got the career role of her life as the young girl who saw her stepmother being murdered and her father Zachary Scott going away for the crime.
Still Reagan suspects something's not quite right as Perreau fails to recover despite all kinds of treatments, some of which today would never be used. With dad in jail the closest living and she's not quite a relative is Ann Sothern, victim Kristine Miller's sister.
For those used to seeing Ann Sothern in roles like Maisie Revier on the big screen and Susie McNamara on television her portrayal here will be a revelation. In fact she murdered her sister and wants Perreau under her control to do away with her. She makes a few attempts to do just that during the course of the film.
Zachary Scott is also a revelation. Usually he's the scheming mastermind of plans like Sothern has for Perreau. For those who remember The Mask Of Dimitrios this is a totally different Zachary Scott.
This one is worth a look.
Still Reagan suspects something's not quite right as Perreau fails to recover despite all kinds of treatments, some of which today would never be used. With dad in jail the closest living and she's not quite a relative is Ann Sothern, victim Kristine Miller's sister.
For those used to seeing Ann Sothern in roles like Maisie Revier on the big screen and Susie McNamara on television her portrayal here will be a revelation. In fact she murdered her sister and wants Perreau under her control to do away with her. She makes a few attempts to do just that during the course of the film.
Zachary Scott is also a revelation. Usually he's the scheming mastermind of plans like Sothern has for Perreau. For those who remember The Mask Of Dimitrios this is a totally different Zachary Scott.
This one is worth a look.