Struggling actress Katie McGovern is approached by the mysterious Mr. Murray and invited to an upstate New York mansion to film a screen test. There she meets Dr. Joseph Lewis, who is eager to hire Katie as a replacement for an actress who’s suffered a nervous breakdown. But the film shoot takes a sordid turn as Katie begins to understand that her role is simply a pawn in Lewis’ twisted blackmail games.

• Arthur Penn
• Mary Steenburgen
• Roddy McDowall
• Jan Rubes
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)