Diary of the Dead (1976)
An unemployed man who lives with his wife and overbearing mother-in-law sees an opportunity to relieve himself of the old bat, which tangles him in a maze of deception.
Top billed cast
Héctor ElizondoStan
Salome JensVera
Geraldine FitzgeraldMaud Kennaway
Joseph MaherWalter Johnson (as Joe Maher)
Edward BinnsMr. McNulty
Joyce EbertMrs. Patterson
Laurie KennedyEllie
James NaughtonGeorge
Austin PendletonDr. Klein- George SpaldingLt. Andrews
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