Cover Girl Killer

Cover Girl Killer
Cover Girl Killer
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Terry Bishop
Screenplay by	Terry Bishop
Produced by	Jack Parsons
Starring	Harry H. Corbett; Felicity Young; Victor Brooks
Cinematography	Gerald Gibbs
Edited by	John Trumper
Music by	William Davies
Release date	1959
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cover Girl Killer is a 1959 black and white British thriller film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Harry H. Corbett, Felicity Young, Victor Brooks and Spencer Teakle.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

In London, a series of cover girls are murdered in the sequence they appear on the front cover of "Wow" magazine. Each is strangled and dressed in the same outfit which they appeared.

The viewer is given the insight that this is probably "Mr Spendoza"; a middle-aged man with very thick glasses, a toupee and wearing a raincoat.

The police try to track down the killer and have several suspects. Posing variously as an advertising executive and a film and TV producer, the crafty murderer (Harry H. Corbett) eludes capture whilst luring his victims to their deaths one by one. He is motivated by what he sees as the moral corruption of the girls.

Spendoza goes to the police giving his name as Fairchild and gives the police a false lead as to what he says is connects to one of his tenants, Mr Spurling. He gives a description close to Spendoza emphasising his need for glasses. Fairchild does not wear glasses.

The publisher of "Wow" goes to the police saying the models are refusing to pose for the cover due to the murders.

Meanwhile Spendoza (without glasses and under a third name) goes to a theatrical agent, and hires someone who looks like his alter ego Spendoza to further throw the police off track.

The police decide to lure Spendoza to a specific site by using a specific cover on "Wow"; the theatre and burlesque show appearing at the beginning of the film.