| Director | Gerd Oswald |
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In Northern California, while Virginia Wilson is taking an outside beach shower, an escaped madman from a sanitarium arrives. He stabs her dog, attacks her and is shot to death by her stepbrother, Charlie, with a rifle.
After the attack, Virginia is committed to a sanitarium. The psychiatrist falls in love with her. He fakes her death, and they go on the lam. Virginia ends up dancing at El Madhouse night club run by Joann 'Gypsy' Mapes (real life burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee). Lee performs "Put the Blame on Mame," the classic noir theme from the 1946 film Gilda.
All the while, Virginia is being stalked by a serial killer.