Six Murderous Beliefs
Six Murderous Beliefs is a short film from 1955. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Safety scare film
opening title card has large death's head use of skull and crossbones motif throughout. Premise of film is that people hold certain beliefs which may be dangerous to them. e.g. safety is for sissies; things only happen when your number is up; "Every year there are millions of people badly hurt, many of them crippled. One of these beliefs may be about to murder you." "Maybe we better wait until some other time. It's getting late and driving home in rush hour is no fun. It's dangerous too." "What can these six murderous beliefs promise you except a moment of tragedy followed by death? Block them out of your sight and out of your mind. You'll live longer. "
Incidents depicted: reaction shot of woman who watches her friend get run over by a car, includes car breaks squealing and bloodcurdling scream; About to saw wood on a table saw: "Hey where's the guard? Oh, we don't need it for this Bill. That law of averages you talk about will take care of me." [whirr of the saw blade] Hey look out Dad! son electrocutes mother: woman touches jerryrigged electric switch, a scream is heard and lights go out as she is badly shocked woman gets cramp in pool and is rescued reaction shot of driver who yells out his car window at a reckless driver; irate passenger gets out of car and berates driver accident: brakes squealing; speedometer spinning, man's dirty hand falls limply in front of speedometer; he is dead; Stock shots:
school football game; roulette wheel spinning; man sawing wood with electric saw in home shop; girl dives off board into pool; speedometer climbing;| Six Murderous Beliefs | |
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| Produced by | Emerson Film Corporation |
Production company | Emerson Film Corporation |
| Distributed by | Emerson Film Corporation |
Release date | 1955 |
| Language | English |
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