So much average

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

The Plot.Rick Turner is engaged of Donna Trent and is having nightmares with a beautiful blonde woman dancing in the sky. One night, he is mysteriously driven to a doll shop, and in the next morning he returns to the place with Donna. He finds a doll that resembles his fiancé, but the owner Francis Lamont delivers another doll to him, with the face of the woman of his dreams, Bianca Milan. Rick looks for Bianca and is seduced and convinced by her to join a sect that worships the diabolic Camba, while the health of Donna is threatened by Francis and Bianca.Odd small film with Alan Alda's father. Reminds me of something you'd see on Twilight Zone only longer. And it shows. It's rather slow with lots of unnecessary filler.

Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is engaged to Donna Trent (Ariadna Welter), but every night he has strange dreams of a beautiful woman in the skies. The owner of a doll shop, Francis Lamont (Neil Hamilton), introduces him - via a doll that looks exactly like the woman from his visions - to Bianca Milan (Linda Christian). When Rick meets Bianca, he realizes that she is "evil but beautiful", in fact, she is a witch who invites him to a cult worshiping the devil god Gamba. Francis Lamont happens to be the high priest of that cult. Rick has a love affair with the witch, but he realizes that they try to keep Donna away from him (and stick a long needle into her doll, voodoo style). Rick starts fighting the bad influence that Bianca and Lamont have over him...This movie looked already old-fashioned in the 1980s when people watched movies like Alan Parker's 'Angel Heart', much more gory and terrifying. 'The Devil's Hand' is pedestrian entertainment without the shocks, but for its time well done. Linda Christian as the witch is stunning. The story is built up well, first the dreams, then the dolls, leading to the cult. Recommendable for everyone who likes old b/w movies that didn't need a bucket of blood at the studio.

This movie begins with a young man by the name of "Rick Turner" (Robert Alda) having strange dreams about a beautiful woman. After walking around town one night he sees a doll in a store window that looks exactly like the woman of his dreams. When he inquires about the doll the storekeeper informs him that it was made specifically for him at his own request. But Rick doesn't recall ever ordering this doll and certainly has never met the woman named "Bianca Milan" (Linda Christian) in whose image it was made. That changes not long afterward and he soon becomes totally beguiled by her. Yet as stunning as she looks there is much more to Bianca than meets the eye. At any rate, rather than disclose any more details and risk spoiling the film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a generally satisfactory B-grade horror movie for its time. Obviously, filmed in black and white back in 1961 this movie doesn't have the special effects or computer graphics many would expect to see today for a similar picture of this type. Additionally, the acting and script aren't exactly world class either. But Linda Christian looked absolutely gorgeous and her performance was pretty good as well. All things considered then I thought it was somewhat entertaining and I give it a rating of average.

A happily engaged man becomes plagued by vivid dreams of a beautiful woman. He ultimately meets her face-to-face, finding that she is a member of a secretive, near-lost religion which enables its loyal followers to obtain their heart's desires. Bewitched by this seductress, he quickly casts aside his fiancée to become her lover and converts to said religion. Predictable but amusing turmoil ensues in this poverty row potboiler, one which some viewers may find surprisingly watchable despite it's very evident financial privation.Briskly paced thrills with a deliciously tacky veneer distinct to early-60s low-budget cinema, this much-forgotten curiosity piece should please most undemanding genre fans and enthusiasts of vintage lower-berth film oddities.5.5/10