Main Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse, George Pastell
Release Year: 1963
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 86 minutes
Plot
An American artist travels to rural France for a relaxing vacation and ends up falling for a lovely young woman, whose father is the owner of a cafe. Unfortunately, her father is not in town, as he is locked up in the local looney bin for immolating the man who raped his daughter. The trouble begins when the girl's stepmother seduces the artist and then convinces him to help her free her murderous husband, a man who cannot bear the thought of a man touching his beloved daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Maniac tells the story of vacationing American artist Matthews who becomes romantically involved with an older woman in southern France, while harbouring some attraction for her teenage daughter. A blowtorch murderer is operating in the region, while the artist is innocently drawn into a prison-break scheme.