Top cast:Sean Biggerstaff,Emilia Fox,Michelle Ryan
Director:Taylor Hackford
Genre:Romance
Region:Japan
Year:2022
Storyline:In a sideplot, 'the Young General' Dilip Rai (Sabu), heir to the throne of the princely state, arrived at the convent to be educated, where he became infatuated with sexually-intriguing, lower-caste native dancing girl Kanchi (18 year-old Jean Simmons in her second major film role, in brown-face).Because her face was obliterated by the blast at close range, she was identified by her clothing:Waldo Lydecker - a waspish columnist and radio broadcaster - a self-centered, cold-blooded and effeminate writer; also Laura's mentor and protective confidantShelby Carpenter - Laura's fiancee, a womanizing, poor, weak, but charming and debonair Southern aristocrat, and Anne Treadwell's 'kept man'Anne Treadwell - Laura's wealthy, amoral aunt, neurotically in love with her companion ShelbyBessie Clary - Laura's devoted, domestic maid]The detective pays little attention to Lydecker, and amuses himself with a hand-held pinball puzzle, as he tries to fill he four bases of a baseball diamond with rolling balls.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)A very dark and straight-forward horror film, with most of the filming done at night.One of the more heavily-censored of the films in the series, with numerous cuts (mostly of the gory killings) required to obtain an R-rating.However, Rachel's plan to go on a date with her boyfriend Brady (Sasha Jenson) had to be postponed, when she was, at the last minute, asked by her parents to assume baby-sitting duties for Jamie on Halloween evening.It was the longest and most expensive Hollywood sound film of he time.The film (originally rough-cut at 6 hours in length) was challenging in its making, due to its controversial subject matter (including rape, drunkenness, moral dissipation, adultery, and more recently, its simplistic depiction of slavery and nostalgic view of the ante-bellum pre-Civil War South).