The Devils Hand

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Category: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Mystery
Release Year: 1962
Country: USA
Runtime: 71
Rating: 7.1 (0)
Languages: English
Director: William J. Hole Jr.
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

The men she loved lived to love no others!

Still alive...the ancient cult of voodoo as it is practised today!

...It struck with savage fury destroying...killing all that crossed its path!

This is the hand of terror!

Writing by: Jo Heims - writer

Produced by: Alvin K. Bubis - producer
Dave Carney - associate producer
Harris Gilbert - associate producer
Pierre Groleau - associate producer
Jack Miles - executive producer
Nick Newberry - associate producer (as Rick Newberry)
Rex Carlton - producer (uncredited)

Cast: Linda Christian - Bianca Milan
Robert Alda - Rick Turner
Ariadna Welter - Donna Trent
Neil Hamilton - Francis Frank Lamont
Gene Craft - (as Gere Craft)
Jeanne Carmen - The Blonde Cultist (as Jeannie Carman)
Julie Scott -
Diana Spears -
Gertrude Astor - The Elderly Cultist
Bruno VeSota - Lindells Sponsor (as Bruno Ve-Sota)
Dick Lee -

Music: Allyn Ferguson Michael Terr
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Plot Outline: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Plot: Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is engaged of Donna Trent (Ariadna Welter) and is having nightmares with a beautiful blonde woman dancing in the sky. One night, he is mysteriously driven to a doll shop, and in the next morning he returns to the place with Donna. He finds a doll that resembles his fianc?, but the owner Francis Lamont (Neil Hamilton) delivers another doll to him, with the face of the woman of his dreams, Bianca Milan (Linda Christian). Rick looks for Bianca and is seduced and convinced by her to join a sect that worships the diabolic Camba, while the health of Donna is threatened by Francis and Bianca.

Crazy Credits: We know about 4 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
No dodos were harmed in the making of this film

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: Constant mix of day and night shots, with dialog that further demonstrates the mismatches (i.e, saying "Good night" in broad daylight).

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list - like these:
Louis Armstrong was hired for this movie at Bing Crosbys insistence. Crosby also insisted that Armstrong receive prominent billing, the first time a black actor shared top billing with white actors in a major release film.
Several cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Richard Carle (Mr. Briggs), Eddie Borden (Mr. Bilkins), Maston Williams (Prisoner) and Nick Copeland (Middle-aged Man). Reviews list Tom Ricketts in the role of Mr. Briggs. but he was not seen in movie either.