This gripping thriller features a colorful assortment of familiar actors in vivid character roles. Robert F. Lyons, Richard Thomas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Gloria Grahame, Edward Asner, Fay Spain, James Broderick and Michael Conrad star in the true story of a 1960s thrill killer. Skipper Todd is a charismatic 23-year-old who charms his way into the lives of high school kids in a small California town. Females find him attractive and are more than willing to accompany him to a nearby deserted area to be his girl for the night. Not all of them return, however.