Scream of the Butterfly


1965

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1965
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 15 Dec 1965
Distribution Company
Emerson Film Enterprises
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Synopsis

David is arrested for the savage murder of his lover, Marla Williams, but to the consternation of the assistant district attorney in charge of the case, the district attorney seems strangely reluctant to prosecute, preferring to commit the murderer to a state hospital. Slowly, with the help of the public defender and the court psychiatrist, the sordid facts of the case are revealed: Marla marries millionaire Paul Williams after a whirlwind courtship, but he is unable to satisfy her boundless sexual desires, and she becomes involved in a clandestine affair with David. She plots to dispose of her husband, but she fails and discovers that she loves him after all. She visits David to break off the relationship and discovers that he has been trifling with her love. Unable to bear her taunts, he goes berserk and murders her.

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1965
Premiere Information
Los Angeles opening: 15 Dec 1965
Distribution Company
Emerson Film Enterprises
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Filmed in Las Vegas. Working titles: Four Cornered Triangle and The Passion Pit.