Dangerous Intruder

Veda Ann Borg is hitch-hiking her way from New York to LA when she is is struck by a car. She awakes to find herself in the home of Charles Arndt, who apologizes for his dangerous driving. He, wife Fay Helm, her daughter Jo Ann Marlowe, and her brother Tom Keene -- credited as Richard Powers -- insist she stay until she is well. It's a luxurious home, maintained by Miss Helm's money, and it's quite pleasant. Love seems to be blooming between her and Keene, but tragedy strikes when the perpetually ill Miss Helm dies. Although the doctor called in finds nothing odd, Miss Borg suspects MURDER.

The credit roll insists this is "The New PRC", but it's clear that there is little change in the budgets. Even so, a decent script, competent direction by Vernon Keays, and decent noir lighting by cinematographer James Brown Jr. Make this, if not a great movie, a nice little mood piece. There are the obvious cheap PRC attributes, like obvious day-for-night sequences, but the general competence of cast and crew make this a decent B movie.