Psycho Steve Hess (Ray Danton) spends his time raping chicks until cop Dave Culloran (Steve Cochran) catches on and tracks him down.
Hess’s modus operandi is to gain entry to the home of a married woman whose husband is away by pretending to be there to repay money loaned by the husband.
Once inside, he feigns a headache, pulls out a tin of aspirin, and asks the woman for water. While she is distracted, he sneaks up behinds her, and then assaults and rapes her.
He leaves the tin of aspirin behind as his calling card, leading the police to call him “The Aspirin Kid.”
The paths of Culloran and Hess converge when the cop’s wife (Fay Spain) is raped by the criminal, becomes pregnant and, not knowing which man is the father, must decide whether to keep the baby or not.
The raunchy sets, lurid plot and jive talk make the whole thing eminently palatable though, and Mamie Van Doren is there to keep interest up when all else fails. There are also musical cameos from Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars.
Any similarity between this Al Zugsmith tale and the artists/beatniks of the 1950s is purely coincidental.
Dave Culloran
Steve Cochran Georgia Altera
Mamie Van Doren Stan Hess (The Aspirin Kid)
Ray Danton Francee Culloran
Fay Spain Louis Armstrong
Himself Joyce Greenfield
Margaret Hayes Jake Baron
Jackie Coogan Art Jester
James (Jim) Mitchum The Singer
Cathy Crosby Harry Altera
Ray Anthony Singing Beatnik
Dick Contino Marie Baron
Irish McCalla Poetess
Maila Nurmi (Vampira) Dr Elcott
Billy Daniels Wrestling Beatnik
Maxie Rosenbloom
Once inside, he feigns a headache, pulls out a tin of aspirin, and asks the woman for water. While she is distracted, he sneaks up behinds her, and then assaults and rapes her.
Dave Culloran
Singing Beatnik
