Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (1966)

It starts off seriously enough, with three thugs robbing an innocent young woman at night in the city, but then switches to Vin Saxon and Carolyn Brandt doing a goofy Elvis-like rock 'n ... See full summary »

Director:

Ray Dennis Steckler

Writers:

Ron Haydock, Ray Dennis Steckler (story)

Stars:

Carolyn Brandt, Ron Haydock, Titus Moede

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carolyn Brandt	...	Cee Bee Beaumont
Ron Haydock	...	Rat Pfink / Lonnie Lord (as Vin Saxon)
Titus Moede	...	Boo Boo / Titus Twimbly
George Caldwell	...	Linc
Mike Kannon	...	Hammer
James Bowie	...	Benjie
Mary Jo Curtis	...	Irma La Streetwalker
Keith A. Wester	...	Cowboy (as Dean Danger)
Romeo Barrymore	...	Ape trainer
Berri Lee	...	Boy #1 on beach
Rox Anne	...	Girl on beach
Alan Neal	...	Boy #2 on beach
Bob Burns	...	Kogar the Gorilla (as Kogar)

Storyline

It starts off seriously enough, with three thugs robbing an innocent young woman at night in the city, but then switches to Vin Saxon and Carolyn Brandt doing a goofy Elvis-like rock 'n roll number (very charming though). The next day the thugs are bored. Picking a name at random out of the phone book, they decide to terrorize Carolyn Brandt. After some campy dramatic scenes, she is kidnapped by the goons. They decide to ransom her. After receiving the ransom call, Vin Saxon and the good-natured, but not- to-bright gardener sit around despondent, wondering what to do. "There's only one thing to do!" exclaims Vin. The two rush off into the next room and become the costumed heroes Rat Pfink and Boo Boo...

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Plot Keywords:

parade | football | motorcycle | goof in title | superhero spoof | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Action | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rat Pfink and Boo Boo

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Picture Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the kidnappers open the briefcase containing comics, the most visible magazine is Issue #2, January, 1965, of "Monster World" published by Warren and featuring the cast of "The Munsters" on the cover/ Monster World was a sister publication of Famous Monsters. While FM had a long distinguished career, folding only when Warren went under, Monster World didn't last as long.

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Goofs

When the first girl is being chased, the gang consists of two members. Even when they start accosting her, there are two. Suddenly there are three. The number remains three until much later when one of them comes back with the ransom money for Cee Bee. For a brief minute there are four members, then in the middle of the scene it goes back to three again.

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Quotes

Rat Pfink: Fight crime, Boo Boo!

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Connections

Spoofed in Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Go Go Party"
Performed by Ron Haydock

User Reviews

Incredibly strange and mixed-up "superheroes"...

If you've seen Ray Dennis Steckler's cult classic 'The Incredibly Strange Creatures...' and thought it was a silly, unbelievably bad mess, you haven't seen anything yet!! 'Rat Phink a Boo Boo' actually surpasses it! It is even sillier, more incoherent, cheaper and basically makes absolutely NO SENSE at all. At least '..Creatures..' had a semblance of a plot, 'Rat Phink..' doesn't even bother trying! The movie begins like a thriller with the kidnapping of a rock singer's girlfriend by some heavies then... well I won't spoil the experience for you! Let's just say things don't turn out QUITE like you might think...

This is one of the strangest low (and I mean LOW!) budget movies of the 1960s. Watching it is like watching a car crash. You know you should stop looking at some point but you just can't tear your eyes away!

Makes Ed Wood look like Sam Fuller.