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Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
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Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
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Genre:Horror, Thriller
Written By:Robert Sherman
In Theaters:11/2/1966
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Bert I. Gordon Productions
Cast
Bert I. Gordon
Director
Don Ameche
Edward Shelley
Martha Hyer
Francene Shelley
Susan Gordon
Susan Shelley
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Jessica Flagmore Shelley
Maxwell Reed
Anthony Flagmore
Wendell Corey
Lawyer Clayborn
Signe Hasso
Sister René
Anna Lee
Elsie Kornwald
Steffi Henderson
Woman at Estate Sale #3
Kelly Corcoran
Little Boy at Estate Sale
Paulle Clark
Woman at Estate Sale #1
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