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The Snorkel

Although the police have termed her mother's death a suicide, a teenage girl believes her step-father murdered her.

Paul Decker murders his wife in her Italian villa by drugging her milk and asphyxiating her by gas. He cleverly locks the bedroom from the inside and hides inside a trapdoor in the floor until after the body is discovered by servants. He uses a scuba snorkel connected to tubes on the outside to breathe during the ordeal. Decker's stepdaughter Candy suspects him immediately, especially since no suicide note was found. She also is convinced that he murdered her father years before, but her accusations fall on deaf ears. The ruthless Decker even poisons the family spaniel when the pet takes too great an interest in the mask and realizes he will ultimately have to get rid of Candy too.

Info about The Snorkel

Studio(s): Hammer Film Productions, Columbia Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Jul 07, 1958

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Horror