The Name of the Game Is Kill (1968)
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Synopsis of The Name of the Game Is Kill
Hawaii Five-O's Jack Lord stars in this odd little thriller directed by Gunnar Hellstrom. Lord plays a Hungarian man named Lipa who meets the beautiful Mickey (Susan Strasberg) while wandering the highways of Arizona. Mickey runs a gas station in the desert with her mother (T.C. Jones) and two sisters and invites Lipa to stay with them. He does, not knowing that the entire family is stark-raving mad. The usual psychological games ensue, with Lipa being attacked by a rattlesnake, seduced by the psychotic sisters, and run over with a car before figuring out the predictable truth -- that "Mom" is really a man. Gorgeous photography by Vilmos Zsigmond and some amusingly sadistic set-pieces accent this enjoyably trashy thriller. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Name of the Game Is Kill
- Jack Lord - Symcha Lipa
- Collin Wilcox - Diz Perry
- Mort Mills - Sheriff Kendall
- T.C. Jones - Mr./Mrs. Perry
- Susan Strasberg - Mickey Perry
- Tisha Sterling - Nan Perry
- Marc Desmond - Doctor
- Director(s):
- Gunnar Hellstrom
- Writer(s):
- Gary Crutcher
- Producer(s):
- Richard Todd, Robert Poore
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