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Urge to Kill (1960)

Urge to Kill poster
Directed by
Vernon Sewell
Genre
thriller film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
59 min
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial killer is on the loose in a small English town. The police investigate and try to catch him before he strikes again.

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What happens

Urge to Kill is a 1960 British second feature serial killer film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Patrick Barr, Ruth Dunning and Terence Knapp. The screenplay was by James Eastwood based on the 1942 novel Hughie Roddis and 1944 play Hand in Glove, both by Gerald Savory. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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