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The Photographer is a 1974 American thriller film written and directed by William Byron Hillman. The film stars Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan and Spencer Milligan. The film was released on December 5, 1974, by Embassy Pictures. Plot Adrian Wilde (Michael Callan) outwardly presents himself as a respected photographer specializing in animal pictures. Privately, he is a serial killer who preys on aspiring models, creating scenarios where they will die and taking pictures of them through the entire process, especially their final death expressions. He has a very hostile relationship with his mother (Barbara Nichols), who stood by as a previous lover attempted to choke him as a child, and now spends her time drinking and carousing with men, including his ostensible best friend Clinton (Spencer Milligan), who fences stolen jewelry. Two homicide detectives, Lt. Luther Jacoby (Harold J. Stone) and Sgt. Sid Collins (Edward Andrews), repeatedly find his victims but initially do not see the links that connect them; ultimately, the coroner Joe (Jed Allan), who is prone to prepare meals in the morgue, deduces that the victims are connected and that the killer is a photographer. Cast Michael Callan as Adrian Wilde Barbara Nichols as Mrs. Wilde Harold J. Stone as Lt. Luther Jacoby Edward Andrews as Sgt. Sid Collins Jed Allan as Joe Hennesey Spencer Milligan as Clinton Webber Susan Damante as Quinn Lovette Liv Lindeland as Mrs. Fowler Patty Bodeen as Candy Fain Betty Anne Rees as Karri Stephenson Jennifer Leak as Elowise Atkins Ronda Copland as Lisa Tuttle Isabel Sanford as Mrs. Slade Rai Bartonious as Murf Billy Hillman as Young Adrian Wilde History Writer/Director Hillman had previously made the children's fantasy The Man from Clover Grove before conceiving this project. One of its producers was exploitation writer/director and sometime actor John Hayes. It was one of the last films to feature Barbara Nichols in a significant role; in the Richard Koper biography That Kind of Woman: The Life and Times of Barbara Nichols, Hillman described working with her as pleasant but difficult due to her alcoholism.

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The Photographer is a 1974 American thriller film written and directed by William Byron Hillman. The film stars Michael Callan, Barbara Nichols, Harold J. Stone, Edward Andrews, Jed Allan and Spencer Milligan. The film was released on December 5, 1974, by Embassy Pictures. Plot Adrian Wilde (Michael Callan) outwardly presents himself as a respected photographer specializing in animal pictures. Privately, he is a serial killer who preys on aspiring models, creating scenarios where they will die and taking pictures of them through the entire process, especially their final death expressions. He has a very hostile relationship with his mother (Barbara Nichols), who stood by as a previous lover attempted to choke him as a child, and now spends her time drinking and carousing with men, including his ostensible best friend Clinton (Spencer Milligan), who fences stolen jewelry. Two homicide detectives, Lt. Luther Jacoby (Harold J. Stone) and Sgt. Sid Collins (Edward Andrews), repeatedly find his victims but initially do not see the links that connect them; ultimately, the coroner Joe (Jed Allan), who is prone to prepare meals in the morgue, deduces that the victims are connected and that the killer is a photographer. Cast Michael Callan as Adrian Wilde Barbara Nichols as Mrs. Wilde Harold J. Stone as Lt. Luther Jacoby Edward Andrews as Sgt. Sid Collins Jed Allan as Joe Hennesey Spencer Milligan as Clinton Webber Susan Damante as Quinn Lovette Liv Lindeland as Mrs. Fowler Patty Bodeen as Candy Fain Betty Anne Rees as Karri Stephenson Jennifer Leak as Elowise Atkins Ronda Copland as Lisa Tuttle Isabel Sanford as Mrs. Slade Rai Bartonious as Murf Billy Hillman as Young Adrian Wilde History Writer/Director Hillman had previously made the children's fantasy The Man from Clover Grove before conceiving this project. One of its producers was exploitation writer/director and sometime actor John Hayes. It was one of the last films to feature Barbara Nichols in a significant role; in the Richard Koper biography That Kind of Woman: The Life and Times of Barbara Nichols, Hillman described working with her as pleasant but difficult due to her alcoholism.

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