How Awful About Allan

Summary

After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Allan

Julie Harris

Katherine

Joan Hackett

Olive

Kent Smith

Raymond

Robert H. Harris

Dr. Ellins

Molly Dodd

Inmate

Billy Bowles

Harold Dennis

Bill Erwin

Dr. Ames

Jeannette Howe

Katherine - Child

Kenneth Lawrence

Allan - Child

Trent Dolan

Eric

Crew

Director

Curtis Harrington

Novel, Teleplay

Henry Farrell

Pretty decent moody, intense, creepy psychological thriller with two of my favourite thespians in that department--Anthony Perkins and Julie Harris. It's a tad claustrophobic and difficult to get into at the start, because of this aforementioned intensity, but if you stick with it, it's quite intrinsically rewarding and definitely not a late-night waste of 90 minutes.

When Perkins' 'Allan' picks up a picture and says, 'Mother,' I couldn't help but smile. What an interesting and ill-fated actor.