Johnny Cabot (Johnny Cash) is a bloodthirsty New Jersey gangster who is forced to hide out in a small California suburb after killing a cop during a job gone wrong. He's given a chance to get back in the game by Fred Dorella (Vic Tayback), a crook with a novel plan for a foolproof bank heist. Dorella has been studying the daily habits of the Harper Federal Trust vice president Ken Wilson (Donald Woods). He learns that Wilson and his wife Nancy (Cay Forester) are on a strict schedule every morning and Dorella plans to use ...
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Johnny Cabot (Johnny Cash) is a bloodthirsty New Jersey gangster who is forced to hide out in a small California suburb after killing a cop during a job gone wrong. He's given a chance to get back in the game by Fred Dorella (Vic Tayback), a crook with a novel plan for a foolproof bank heist. Dorella has been studying the daily habits of the Harper Federal Trust vice president Ken Wilson (Donald Woods). He learns that Wilson and his wife Nancy (Cay Forester) are on a strict schedule every morning and Dorella plans to use their dull routine against them. After Wilson goes to work, Johnny tricks his way into the house with Nancy by pretending to be a door-to-door guitar salesman, and then holds her hostage. At the same time, Dorella visits Wilson at the bank and demands 70,000 dollars in cash. If he doesn't get the loot and contact Johnny by phone at a specified time, Nancy will be killed. What Dorella hasn't counted on is that the Wilson home is not a happy one, and Ken is planning on running away with his mistress that very evening. Meanwhile, the leering, sadistic Johnny taunts Nancy about being "the perfect wife." He does all he can to humiliate her, forcing her to put on makeup and a flimsy negligee, slapping her around and singing menacing songs. When the Wilsons' son Bobby (Ron Howard) comes home from school for lunch, a terrifying showdown with the police leads to tragedy. Guitar legend Merle Travis has a small role as a cowardly bowling alley owner in this crime drama, which was re-released in 1966 under the title Door-to-Door Maniac. Fred Beldin, Rovi
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If you are hooked on Johnny Cash, this movie will cure the problem because after you see him play the killer with such amoral gusto, you may not like him again. Did the Man-in-Black who stood for the down-trodden have such a dark past? This is a B-movie for sure, but it is interesting to see Johnny play the part so well. Make no mistake, the acting is stilted and the dialogue predictable and formulaic, but the movie is somewhat ahead of its time in its brutality. Cash's character finds a redemption of sorts, so maybe you'll come away with a degree of ambivalence toward him. The plot is not at all complicated but the plans of the "bad guys" might have been more effective if carried out with more professionalism -- but what do you expect from 2-bit hoods. Remembering that it was the era of the Great Train Robbery, one must admit that their plan might have succeeded. I can't see this movie being of much interest to any beside Cash fans, but give it a try if you're tired of voice-over animations, robots, and computer-generated 'acting'. This movie may be old, trite, and corny in places, but at least it's real people trying to portray the full gamut of emotion and reaction in front of a real camera! I recommend you give it a viewing.
