The Hand

The Hand (1960)
AIP Production #6018 

Jeff and Cheryl poke at the holes in the plot as two London detectives try to unravel the mystery and finger the killer in The Hand.

Directed by Henry Cass
Written by Ray Cooney and Tony Hilton
Produced by Bill Luckwell 

Starring:
Derek Bond as Roberts / Roger Crawshaw
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Munyard
Ray Cooney as Sgt. David Pollitt
Reed De Rouen as Michael John Brodie
Bryan Coleman as George Adams
Walter Randall as Japanese commander
Tony Hilton as Police Sgt. Paul Foster
Harold Scott as Charlie Taplow
Gwenda Ewen as Nurse Johns
Michael Moore as Dr. Metcalfe
Ronald Wilson as Doctor
Garard Green as Dr. Simon Crawshaw
Jean Dallas as Nurse Geiber
David Blake Kelly as Jay Marshall
Reginald Hearne as Noel Brodie
Madeleine Burgess as Mrs. Brodie 

Produced by Walton Studios and released in the United States under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on YouTube or rent it on Amazon Prime.

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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)