Crime and Passion

Crime and Passion (1976) 
AIP Production #7524 

Jeff and Cheryl learn the perils of not checking your cannon before you fire it in Crime and Passion. 

Directed by Ivan Passer 
Written by Alan R. Trustman, David M. Wolf and Ivan Passer 
Based on An Ace Up My Sleeve by James Hadley Chase 
Produced by Barney Bernhard and Robert L. Abrams. 

Starring:
Omar Sharif as André Ferren 
Karen Black as Susan Winters 
Joseph Bottoms as Larry 
Bernhard Wicki as Hermann Rolf 
Heinz Ehrenfreund as Henkel 
Elma Karlowa as Masseuse 
Volker Prechtel as Gastwirt 
Erich Padalewski as Autoverkäufer 
Robert L. Abrams as Mr. Blatt 
Franz Muxeneder as Priester 
Margarete Soper as Sylvia 

Produced by Gloria Pictures and released in the United States by American International Pictures

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)