Homicidal
Year: 1961
Runtime: 87 mins
Language: English
Emily checks into a hotel and pays a bellboy $2,000 to pose as her husband for a short time. It soon emerges that she is the caretaker of Helga, a wheelchair‑bound mute who raised siblings Miriam Webster and her half‑brother Warren. Warren is about to inherit their father's estate, and Emily's true purpose and identity remain uncertain.
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