Strike Me Deadly is a 1963 American thriller film[2] written and directed by Ted V. Mikels in his directorial debut, and starring Gary Clarke, Jeannine Riley, and Steve Ihnat.

Its plot follows a man and his wife who, after witnessing a murder, are stalked by a killer in a forest during a raging storm.

He self-financed his debut feature which was originally called Crosshair and then was retitled Strike Me Deadly.

His parents helped him finance the movie but they died in a car crash before it was completed.

I just couldn’t come up with the money to buy color film instead of black and white and that hurt."