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Bookmark this pageThe Stepmother (1972)
Director: Hikmet Avedis
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From Time Out Film Guide
A building contractor (Rey) strangles his wife Margo's lover and while burying the body sees a a man beating up a Mexican girl who's later murdered. A cop (Anderson) fits the jigsaw together. Producer/director Avedis (who later answered to the first name Howard) scripted this overheated Southern California thriller: punctuated by ugly freeze shots, the plot trudges in a straight line, while striving to give the impression of twisting in the Chandler manner, and comes to a bloodstained conclusion when Margo (Justice) is discovered in bed (in almost forgotten justification of the come-on title) with her college stepson.Author: JPy
Cast & crew
Director: Hikmet Avedis
Producer: Hikmet Avedis
Cast: Alejandro Rey, John Anderson, Katherine Justice, Larry Linville, Marlene Schmidt, Duncan MacLeod, Rudy Herrera Jr, John D Garfield full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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