The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)Two drifters contend with love and murder in a small town. Director:Charles R. RondeauWriter:Jo Heims (screenplay) |
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The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)Two drifters contend with love and murder in a small town. Director:Charles R. RondeauWriter:Jo Heims (screenplay) |
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Bix Dugan
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Joyce Meadows | ... |
Carrie Anders
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Lowell Brown | ... |
Danny Winslow
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Jesse
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Selette Cole | ... |
Peggy
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Bill Coontz | ... |
Bill Coontz
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Emile Meyer | ... |
Cal Anders
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Andy Paris |
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Spencer Carlisle |
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Joe Kelsey |
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Mabel Rea |
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Sed Cassaday |
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Del Monroe | ... |
Mugger in Train Yard
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Nicholas King |
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Danny, son of a wealthy family, is running away from home. He meets Bix, a long-time drifter, who agrees to "mentor" Danny. Danny's naivete leads him to commit gaffe after gaffe, leaving Bix to straighten things out. But when they stop in a diner in the next town, Bix finds himself attracted to the waitress, Carrie, and is forced to reexamine his whole drifting career. Meanwhile, Jesse (Jack Elam) goes around creeping everyone out. Written by Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@best.com>
Like probably 90% of the people writing reviews for this movie, I saw this on "Mystery Science Theater 3000." Joel and the bots did an excellent job of riffing on this movie, and I thought that it was one of the funnier episodes.
This being said, however, this wasn't a particularly horrible movie. Especially compared to some of films they ran on MST3K.
It had it's weaknesses: the movie had about zero budget and so things like the costumes and set design were horrible. The plot, also, digressed in spots. On the whole, though, the acting was competent and the story held my interest. I actually found myself caring about the characters.
It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was nowhere near as bad as the usual MST3k fare such as "Giant Gila Monster" and "Manos Hand of Fate." As such, it doesn't really deserve to be mocked as much as it has been. It was a B-Movie from the 50s, but it was a watchable one.