It's happened before where I've read a movie review here on IMDb, and the writer confuses the identity of the actor portraying a particular character, but with this picture I've noticed multiple references to the 'psycho' as being played by Ronnie Burns. That's understandable in the respect that Burns is top billed, and was probably the only known commodity here besides Pamela Lincoln. Burns was the conflicted friend Mickey, of the man seeking revenge on anyone who had a hand in fingering his brother for a crime that led to the gas chamber. You know, Burns looked familiar to me before I knew who he was, since I'd seen him numerous times as a teen on his adopted parents television program of the Fifties, 'The Burns and Allen Show'. Other than a string of TV programs, this looks like the only movie he appeared in, much less in a starring role.
Now as for the the word 'psycho' in the title, well, I really don't know about that. Chet (Darrell Howe) in this story is certainly single minded and resolute in believing his criminal brother was wrongly accused, and he did commit some reprehensible acts, but he seemed to be in control of his behavior the entire time. Ex-friend Mickey would have fared a whole lot better if he hadn't felt so compelled to let Chet know his own father was an eye witness to the murder Chet's brother was convicted for. The look on Chet's face when he plunged the knife into his pal Moe was about the only time he appeared crazed, believing that Mickey would be sent up for stabbing the guy.
The way this picture ended was also a bit of a puzzler, with an anti-climactic denouement that had Lieutenant Mac (Michael Granger) consoling the killer in what almost looked like a feel good ending. That was almost as weird as the size and shape of the scar on Chet's face which kept changing throughout the movie. Weirder still was that little episode when Chet discarded the bandages from his face following an argument with sister Pat (Pamela Lincoln), only to have it show up again in the very next scene when he went to see his blonde girlfriend. Who's the psycho who missed that?
Now as for the the word 'psycho' in the title, well, I really don't know about that. Chet (Darrell Howe) in this story is certainly single minded and resolute in believing his criminal brother was wrongly accused, and he did commit some reprehensible acts, but he seemed to be in control of his behavior the entire time. Ex-friend Mickey would have fared a whole lot better if he hadn't felt so compelled to let Chet know his own father was an eye witness to the murder Chet's brother was convicted for. The look on Chet's face when he plunged the knife into his pal Moe was about the only time he appeared crazed, believing that Mickey would be sent up for stabbing the guy.
The way this picture ended was also a bit of a puzzler, with an anti-climactic denouement that had Lieutenant Mac (Michael Granger) consoling the killer in what almost looked like a feel good ending. That was almost as weird as the size and shape of the scar on Chet's face which kept changing throughout the movie. Weirder still was that little episode when Chet discarded the bandages from his face following an argument with sister Pat (Pamela Lincoln), only to have it show up again in the very next scene when he went to see his blonde girlfriend. Who's the psycho who missed that?