In 1972, Ulmer said in an interview that the film was shot in six days. Tim Ryan as the Nevada Diner Proprietor.Edmund MacDonald as Charles Haskell Jr.He later finds out that Haskell is wanted in connection to the murder of Vera, "his wife." Back in the diner in Reno where the film opened, he imagines his inevitable arrest. Al gives up the idea of contacting Sue again and returns to hitchhiking instead. When he breaks down the door, he discovers he has inadvertently strangled Vera. From the other side of door, Al pulls on the cord to try to disconnect the phone. In a drunken rage, she threatens to call the police, running into the bedroom with the telephone and locking the door, falling on the bed with the telephone cord tangled around her neck. Al refuses, arguing that impersonation requires detailed knowledge he lacks.īack at the apartment, Vera gets drunk and they begin arguing again. Vera demands that Al impersonate Haskell and position himself to inherit the estate. When they are about to sell the car, Vera learns from a newspaper that Haskell's wealthy father is near death and a search is under way for his long-estranged son. Haskell, to provide an address when they sell the car. In Hollywood, they rent an apartment, posing as Mr. She takes the money that Al retrieved from Haskell's wallet and wants whatever money they can get by selling the car. Al tells her how Haskell died, but she blackmails him by threatening to turn him over to the police. She reveals she had been picked up by Haskell earlier in Louisiana she got out in Arizona after he tried to force himself on her. At first, she travels silently with Al, who has identified himself as Haskell, then suddenly challenges his identity and ownership of the car. The next day, as he leaves a gas station near Desert Center Airport, he picks up a hitchhiker, Vera. He takes the dead man's money, clothes, and identification, and drives away, intent on abandoning the car near Los Angeles.Īl crosses into California and spends a night in a motel. It is likely that Haskell died earlier from a heart attack, but Al is certain that if he calls the police, they will arrest him for killing Haskell. Al opens the passenger-side door and Haskell tumbles out, falling to the ground and striking his head on a rock.
When a rainstorm forces Al to pull over to put up the convertible's top, he is unable to rouse Haskell. That night, Al drives while Haskell sleeps. During the drive, he has Al pass him pills on several occasions, which he swallows as he drives. gives Al a ride in his convertible and tells him that he is in luck he is driving to Los Angeles to place a bet on a horse.
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