October Moth (1960)
In this melodrama, a mentally retarded young man inadvertently causes an auto accident and brings the injured woman driver back to the isolated farm he shares with his sister. The poor fellow is sure that the woman is his deceased mother. His sister and a helpful telephone lineman do their best to help him with the truth, but it backfires and the young man becomes equally obsessed with the idea that the lineman is his cruel, abusive father--who is also dead. The boy is so convinced that he becomes determined to kill him. Bloodshed ensues until the sister accidentally shoots her out-of-control brother. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- John Kruse
Synopsis of October Moth
In this melodrama, a mentally retarded young man inadvertently causes an auto accident and brings the injured woman driver back to the isolated farm he shares with his sister. The poor fellow is sure that the woman is his deceased mother. His sister and a helpful telephone lineman do their best to help him with the truth, but it backfires and the young man becomes equally obsessed with the idea that the lineman is his cruel, abusive father--who is also dead. The boy is so convinced that he becomes determined to kill him. Bloodshed ensues until the sister accidentally shoots her out-of-control brother. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of October Moth
- Robert Cawdron - Police Constable
- Lana Morris - Molly
- Sheila Raynor - The Woman
- Peter Dyneley - Tom
- Lee Patterson - Finlay
- Director(s):
- John Kruse
- Writer(s):
- John Kruse
- Producer(s):
- Arthur Alcott, Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn
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