set in a small new mexico village and this be a classic noir tale of two rival nightclub entertainer and an escaped black leopard and and a serial killer . by today standard and the plot be predictable and you will figure out who the killer be early on and but there be till much to enjoy great black and white photography and neat camera angle and and at least one chill scene . the blood of the young girl seep under the door and while her mother and brother stand by helplessly . worthy of note be the lack of visuals concern the actual murder . rarely do we see the cat or the killer . consider a classic in it time and this one stayed around the theatre circuit for over a decade .