Another adaptation of an Ed McBain crime book, this book written in 1956.
Although this was a New York 87th precinct mystery, here in the film the setting is anonymous, and also the characters involved are not the same as in the book.
Nevertheless, a good story, where the unidentified city is plagued by a mysterious mugger who attacks women at night, steals their purses, and cuts them on their left cheek.
A police psychiatrist, Dr. Pete Graham, is called in when one of the mugger’s victims turns up dead……
Resolution increased to HD.
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