Blood and Lace
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| Directed by | Philip S. Gilbert |
| Produced by |
Ed Carlin Gil Lasky Chase Mishkin (associate producer) |
| Written by | Gil Lasky |
| Starring |
Gloria Grahame Melody Patterson Milton Selzer Len Lesser Vic Tayback Dennis Christopher |
| Cinematography | Paul Hipp |
| Edited by | Marcus Tobias |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $200,000 |
Blood and Lace is a 1971 American horror film directed by Philip S. Gilbert, and starring Gloria Grahame, Melody Patterson, Len Lesser, and Milton Selzer.
Plot
After her prostitute mother and her john are clobbered to death with a hammer while they are asleep in bed, teenaged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage run by Mrs. Deere and her handyman. Taking an avid interest in her welfare is detective Calvin Carruthers.
Taking almost no interest at all, is social worker Harold Mullins who is completely under Mrs. Deere's thumb. Lots of unpleasant surprises are in store for Ellie, not the least of which is the fact that Mrs. Deere and her handyman are both brutal sadists, who run the orphanage like a concentration camp and the strong possibility that her mother's hammer-wielding killer is now stalking her.
Cast
- Gloria Grahame as Mrs.Deere
- Melody Patterson as Ellie Masters
- Milton Selzer as Mr. Mullins
- Len Lesser as Tom Kredge
- Vic Tayback as Calvin Carruthers
- Terri Messina as Bunch
- Ronald Taft as Walter
- Dennis Christopher as Pete
- Peter Armstrong as Ernest
- Maggie Corey as Jennifer
- Mary Strawberry as Nurse
- Louise Sherrill as Edna Masters
- Joe Durkin as Unidentified Man