Mild mannered, responsible and respectful character and supporting actor (lawyer, doctor, teacher, major, etc). Bruce Bennett picks up a pen and writes a script with him in the lead in which he completely goes bonkers as an island despot. Lacking an ounce of decency he attacks his role with an unbridled rage as well all those around him.
On a sleepy island in the Carribean, Charlie Davis (Bennet) rules with an iron fist. He brooks no debate and our initial introduction to him is a scene with him administering blistering beating to an islander with a bullwhip. Charlie really enjoys being a sadist but he is quickly distracted when Glory La Verne (played by "Yugoslavian bombshell," Tonia Velia) brings her act to the island and unquenchable lust to Chuck's heart.
Driven mostly by its bongo accompaniment, Fiend is grade z entertainment but Bennet's over the top sadistic martinet displays a lot of energy to allow matters to be comically entertaining in spots. The former Olympian (who lived to a hundred) gives and takes quite a beating over the course of the pic as he does a complete 180 with a "no more mister sensible guy," that he has made a career out. If you are familiar with his droll grounded, career the concept alone will hold its own intrigue. The "Yugoslavian Bombshell," however fails to detonate.
