Two on a Guillotine

Two on a Guillotine is a 1965 American horrorthriller film starring Connie Stevens, produced and directed by William Conrad. The screenplay by John Kneubuhl and Henry Slesar is based on a story by Slesar.

Reporter Val Henderson offers to stay with her when he learns Duquesne promised to return in spirit form during Cassies weeklong vigil. As the days pass, the two encounter a number of spooky happenings, leading to a climax in which the notreallydead Duquesne attempts a recreation of his guillotine trick, this time with his daughter as an unwilling assistant who hopefully wont lose her head.In a climactic fight, Henderson tries to prevent Duquesne from activating the guillotine, but himself accidentally releases the catch a dummys head falls from the guillotine causing Duquesne to go insane thinking his daughter has been killed. Henderson rescues Cassie as the police come to arrest Duquesne. ........

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