Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead

See terror catch fire!

1966 · 82 min · ★ 5.7 · Horror, Thriller

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.

Directed by Bert I. Gordon · Written by Robert Sherman

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Don Ameche Edward Shelley
Martha Hyer Francene Shelley
Susan Gordon Susan Shelley
Zsa Zsa Gabor Jessica Flagmore Shelley
Maxwell Reed Anthony Flagmore
Wendell Corey Lawyer Clayborn
Signe Hasso Sister René
Anna Lee Elsie Kornwald
Steffi Henderson Woman at Estate Sale #3
Kelly Corcoran Little Boy at Estate Sale
Paulle Clark Woman at Estate Sale #1
Marlene Tracy Woman at Estate Sale #2

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