The Town That Dreaded Sundown
DirectorCharles B. Pierce
“In 1946 this man killed five people... Today he still lurks the streets of Texarkana, Arkansas.”
When two young lovers are savagely beaten and tortured on a back country road in Texarkana, local police are baffled and must find "the Phantom Killer" before he can kill again.
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Cast
Ben Johnson
Captain J.D. Morales
Andrew Prine
Deputy Norman Ramsey
Dawn Wells
Helen Reed
Jimmy Clem
Sgt. Mal Griffin
Jim Citty
Police Chief R.J. Sullivan
Charles B. Pierce
Patrolman A.C. Benson
Robert Aquino
Sheriff Otis Barker
Cindy Butler
Peggy Loomis
Christine Ellsworth
Linda Mae Jenkins
Earl E. Smith
Dr. Kress
Steve Lyons
Roy Allen
Joe Catalanotto
Eddie LeDoux
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