- Devil's Partner
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Devil's Partner 
Directed by Charles R. Rondeau Produced by Hugh Hooker (producer) Written by Stanley Clements (writer)
Laura Jean Mathews (writer)Starring See below Music by Ronald Stein Cinematography Edward Cronjager Editing by Howard Epstein Running time 73 minutes Country USA Language English Devil's Partner is a 1962 American film directed by Charles R. Rondeau.
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Plot summary
The story opens with a hunched old man, Pete Jensen, who lives in a shack in the town of Furnace Flats. He slaughters a goat and daubs its blood within a pentagon drawn on the floor of his shack. A young man, Nick Richards, comes to town, claiming that the old tramp was his uncle. Everyone notices that even though it's incredibly hot, the young man doesn't so much as have a drop of sweat on him. The Devil proceeds to run a gas station which he uses as a base to do some petty interfering in the lives of a few locals, driving a wedge between Nell Lucas and David Simpson after Simpson's dog attacks him and mauls his face. Nick Simpson seems to be behind all this, and further animal-related incidents occur - for instance, a local drunk is trampled by a horse, and a rattler gets in to attack Simpson in his bedroom. The sheriff goes to the shack and finds a buried goat (dug up by his terrier).Ultimately, Nick dies and transforms back into his human shape, having had it revealed that he was behind the various animal-inflicted maulings and killings. At this point, David Simpson's facial wound miraculously disappears and the film ends on a happy note with the townsfolk characters standing over Nick's body in a field.
Cast
- Edgar Buchanan as Doc Lucas
- Jean Allison as Nell Lucas
- Richard Crane as David Simpson
- Spencer Carlisle as Sheriff Tom Fuller
- Byron Foulger as Papers
- Claire Carleton as Ida
- Brian O'Hara as Harry Matthews
- Harry Fleer as John Winters
- Joe Hooker as Deputy Joe
- Ed Nelson as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
Soundtrack
External links
- Devil's Partner at the Internet Movie Database
- Devil's Partner is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
Categories:- English-language films
- 1962 films
- American horror films
- 1960s horror films
- Supernatural horror films
- Black-and-white films
- 1960s horror film stubs
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