Screaming Mimi (1958, U.S.A.)

Anita Ekberg plays the gorgeous and tortured dancer with the Great Dane named Devil.  After a man tries to attack her with a knife, she sees him shot.  She feels disturbed and can’t cope.  As a result she’s committed to an asylum, but her psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood (Harry Townes) is obsessive. When the girl begins to show signs of improvement, the psychiatrist assumes her care on the outside so she can resume her dancing career. The proprietor (Gypsy Rose Lee) of El Madhouse, a tawdry nightclub, hires the girl but then a series of murders by “The Ripper” attracts the attention of a newspaper reporter (Phil Carey), and the doctor and reporter face off to try to protect the girl. A sensual statue of a dancing girl called “Screaming Mimi” seems to play a part in the bizarre mystery.