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The Devil's Mistress
Directed byOrville Wanzer
Written byOrville Wanzer
Produced byWes Moreland
StarringJoan Stapleton
Robert Gregory
Wes Moreland
Douglas Warren
Oren Williams
Arthur Resley
CinematographyTeddy Gregory
Music byWilliam Allen Castleman (as Billy Allen)
Douglas Warren (as Doug Warren)
Production
company
WGW Pictures
Distributed byHoliday Pictures
Emerson Film Enterprises
Release date
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish


The Devil's Mistress is a 1965 American western horror film, directed and written by Orville Wanzer. The film's plot follows Liah, an Indian half-caste, who takes her revenge on four ruthless cowboy desperadoes who have gunned down her husband for the sheer joy of killing.

Cast

  • Joan Stapleton - Athaliah
  • Robert Gregory - Frank
  • Wes Moreland - Charlie
  • Douglas Warren - Joe
  • Oren Williams - Will
  • Arthur Resley - Jeroboam

Production

Filming took place in Las Cruces, New Mexico.[1]

Reception

An review from Movies and Mania reads: "The Devil’s Mistress is not a coherent picture; that may have been the point. Questions are posed but never answered. The couple has travelled from Salem, “to escape religious persecution” – is the woman, Liah, a witch? Why does the meat they serve their ravenous houseguests taste strange? Is Liah avenging herself by causing the deaths of these men – two of whom she kisses passionately, imparting some kind of fatal malady; another is bitten by a rattler; the fourth dies by hanging – or is she the agent of a higher power: “I will send the poison of the serpent and the mouth of the beast upon them”? The ending is characteristically enigmatic."[2]

References

  1. ^ The Devil's Mistress (1965) - Filming & production - IMDb. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ MANIA, MOVIES and (2024-01-16). "THE DEVIL'S MISTRESS Reviews of obscure horror Western". MOVIES and MANIA. Retrieved 2024-06-20.