The Girl in Black Stockings (1957)

Director
Howard W. Koch

Main cast
Lex Barker; Anne Bancroft; Mamie Van Doren; Ron Randell; Marie Windsor

Genres
Crime, Drama

Description
A young girl's murder leaves a hotel full of suspects.


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