Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club, leading to obscene phone calls, voyeurism, trips to the porn ... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph Cates

Writers:

Arnold Drake (screenplay), Arnold Drake (story),

Stars:

Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray

Cast

Cast overview:
Sal Mineo	...	Lawrence Sherman
Juliet Prowse	...	Norah Dain
Jan Murray	...	Lt. Dave Madden
Elaine Stritch	...	Marian Freeman
Margot Bennett	...	Edie Sherman
Daniel J. Travanti	...	Carlo (as Dan Travanty)
Diane Moore	...	Pam Madden
Frank Campanella
Bruce Glover
Tom Aldredge	...	Adler
Rex Everhart	...	Rude Customer
Alex Fisher
Stanley Beck
Casey Townsend	...	Ms. Nielsen

Storyline

A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club, leading to obscene phone calls, voyeurism, trips to the porn shop and adult movie palace, and more! A police detective is similarly obsessed with sexual materials, leading him to become personally involved in the case.

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Plot Keywords:

disco | police | detective | voyeurism | busboy | 

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Taglines:

Why with everybody else - why with every slob ... and not with me?

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1965 (USA)

Also Known As:

Il sadico

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the first scene set at the discotheque, Juliet Prowse puts on a new record after we see the crowd dancing to the first song. However, minutes later, we see the crowd dancing to the first song again.

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Connections

References Love on a Pillow (1962)

User Reviews

This is an important Movie !!

I couldn't believe how this unrecognized unheralded film of the mid 1960s captured the sleaziness & the downfall of NYC during that time The photography is amazing.. the score capturers the early disco era... Sal Mineo is unbelievably sensuous, erotic, neurotic, as is Elaine Stritch who plays the Lesbian, Marian wonderful performances.. Juliet Prowse is good in this role..Plot is a bit confusing.. and why did they cast Jan Murray (great TV comic game show host of that era) in this role? Ill never know.... But as I stated before, this film captures the sleazy, unclean, dark, cold snowy sado masochistic, days of NYC in the mid 1960s when that city was on the decline.. Broadway might have been booming, Babs was on B'WAY live in Funny Girl, The Merm was still around. ETC .but the side streets, the crime, the sex shops were running abound..this film captures it all..worth seeing and or buying if it becomes .. available, Bravo ,Sal Mineo. Elaine Stritch, and the director...