BACKSTORY

The film Experiment in Terror was important to Lee for many reasons.
It was her first of two films with Blake Edward's and was also her first
film as producer. "Experiment In Terror is a special picture for me,"
Lee said, "because I'm co-producing it with Blake. It's called a
'Geoffrey-Kate Production,' after his son and my daughter."

But it was while filming Experiment in Terror that Lee committed an
embarrassing blunder. During the filming of a scene in the Crocker-
Anglo bank in San Francisco, Lee accidentally tripped a burglar
alarm. When local law enforcement arrived at the bank with guns
drawn ready to face down a band of bank-robbers, they found a
startled cast and camera crew instead.

Blake Edwards felt that "Lee was perfect for the part" of Kelly
Sherwood, the traumatized bank teller. "Can you think of a more
apple-pie normal heroine to tie to the railway tracks?"

Edwards also mentioned that Lee herself became a bit traumatized
by the film, saying, "Lee is like me - she gets very involved in what
she's doing. Do you know, after a day's shooting she wouldn't walk
out of the studio in the dark unless someone was with her?"

"It's true I did get worked up over this film," said Lee. "But I'm a naturally
nervous person. I always look under the bed before getting in it."

Lee was happy with the results of the film, saying years later, "That movie
still looks good. It's well made, tightly knit. But it wasn't a very interesting
part - the character was a puppet, serving the purposes of the plot."

Still, it is enjoyable movie-fare and a great film to mark Stefanie Powers
film debut and the end to Glenn Ford's 22-year contract with Columbia
Pictures.