Praying Mantis

Suspense yarn about a man (Jonathan Pryce) persuaded to kill his academic mentor. Cherie Lunghi. Vera: Carmen du Sautoy. Paul: Pinkas Braun. Gertrude: Anna Cropper. Insurance Director: Friedrich Von Thun. Directed by Jack Gold., In this convoluted crime drama, a conniving nurse conspires to marry and kill a wealthy professor. To do the deed, she, who has already killed the rest of his family, enlists the aide of the professor’s assistant.