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Blood and Lace

Blood and Lace

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Blood and Lace

"SHOCK after SHOCK after SHOCK as DESIRE drives a bargain with MURDER!"

1971

1h 27m

5.7(31 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Horror

Overview

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by a mysterious woman and her handyman, both whom she comes to suspect are hiding dark secrets.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gloria Grahame

Gloria Grahame

Mrs. Deere

Melody Patterson

Melody Patterson

Ellie Masters

Milton Selzer

Milton Selzer

Harold Mullins

Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

Calvin Carruthers

Len Lesser

Len Lesser

Tom Kredge

Terri Messina

Bunch

Ronald Taft

Walter

Dennis Christopher

Dennis Christopher

Pete

Peter Armstrong

Ernest

Maggie Corey

Jennifer

Creative team

Directed by: Philip S. Gilbert
Written by: Gil Lasky

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