a motley group of people be force to seek shelter at a remote inn run by the snooty and sarcastic and but suave amos bradford ( a perfectly unctuous george zucco ) because of a rag thunderstorm that have flood out the bridge and the road alike . these eclectic individual include a vengeful escaped convict whom bradford put in jail and a meek geeky bank teller who try to embezzle $ 50 and 000 buck and a mean and ruthless mobster who also want to get his grubby paw on the hot loot and a young couple who be plan to get married and and the huffy and overbearing and disapprove father of the bride to be . naturally and a vicious killer start bump folk off . efficiently direct in a briskly straightforward and economical no frill manner by sam newfield and with an endearingly hokey script by fred myton and plenty of sharply sardonic dialogue and stark and gritty black and white photography by robert cline and a booming and melodramatic score by charles dunworth and and game act from a solid cast ( glenn strange in particular contributes an amiable performance a bradford clumsy and cowardly and oafish assistant andy while charlie middleton register strongly a a jerky ramrod sheriff ) and this wittily enjoyable grade b mystery thriller potboiler deliver a reasonable amount of cheap thrill . a fun little quickie .