The Skydivers (1963)

A woman seeks revenge on her former lover, who owns a skydiving business.

Director:

Coleman Francis

Writer:

Coleman Francis

Stars:

Kevin Casey, Eric Tomlin, Anthony Cardoza

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Casey	...	Beth Rowe
Eric Tomlin	...	Joe Moss
Anthony Cardoza	...	Harry Rowe (as Tony Cardoza)
Marcia Knight	...	Suzy Belmont
Bob Carrano	...	Bob
Michael Rae	...	Red
Jerry Mann	...	Bernie
Keith Walton	...	Jim the Photographer
Paul Francis	...	Pete
Titus Moede	...	Frankie Bonner
Jimmy Bryant	...	Himself - Night Jumpers Guitar Player
Rue Barclay	...	Himself - Night Jumpers Bass Player
Junior Nichols	...	Himself - Night Jumpers Drummer
Harold Hensley	...	Himself - Night Jumpers Sax Player
Harold Saunders	...	Mr. Morgan (as Howard Saunders)

Storyline

A couple own an airfield which makes its money on skydiving in the middle of New Mexico. They are having marital problems because the man is cheating on his wife, but remains she tries to remain true to him. The woman he is cheating with is jealous of the man's wife, so she seduces another guy to conspire with her to kill him. Meanwhile, the wife is cheating on the cheating husband with the husband's old Army buddy... and they all enjoy coffee all the while.

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Plot Keywords:

coffee | skydiving | acid | acid vendor | failed parachute | 

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Taglines:

First feature length motion picture showing the daredevils of the sky who free fall from heights of 20,000 feet with only a ripcord between life and death!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Crown International Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 November 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fiend from Half Moon Bay

Filming Locations:

Hemet, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Crown International Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

Coleman Francis:  [location]  Yucca Mountain

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Goofs

Near the beginning of the film, the airplane speeds down the runway. When Harry arrives, the plane is standing still.

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Quotes

Joe Moss: Coffee? I LIKE coffee!

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Connections

Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Tobacco Worm"
Written by Jimmy Bryant
Performed by Jimmy Bryant and the Night Jumpers

User Reviews

Coleman Francis, a director for all time.

When you learn about film, we always get the usual suspects: Scorsese, Spielberg, Hitchcock, Coppola to name a few. Why is it that we never hear about Coleman Francis? Coleman Francis, a big beefy guy, makes films that have themes hidden within them much like his illustrious counterparts here. Instead of the usual Catholic guilt, fear of authority, absent father figures, we get light planes, pain, suffering, general misery. In this lovely outing, Coleman treats us with the story of Harry and Beth. A married couple who run an airfield that drops a bunch of lunkheads out of planes. Anyway, they're having marriage problems. Harry is cheating on Beth with Suzy, who has a thing for Frankie, Harry's former mechanic. Joe, an old army buddy of Harry's comes to work for Harry and falls for Beth. Meanwhile, Suzy and Frankie devise a way to knock off Harry, since their white hot rage burns so brightly. Then there are scenes of lunkheads falling through space with their cheeks flapping and a big dance scene that features a very manly woman tossing around a very skinny guy. Well, after scenes that abruptly end and bad cuts here and there and Tony Cardoza acting in only one tone of voice, you feel as if the life has been sucked out of you. At the end, Suzy and Frankie are gunned down by the director himself and the movie thankfully ends. Watching this as a double feature with Red Zone Cuba, you might slip into a coma from which you might never awake.