Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Joseph Cates

Writers:

Arnold Drake (screenplay)
Arnold Drake (story)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A busboy at a disco has sexual problems related to events in his childhood. He becomes obsessed with a disc jockey at the club...

Plot Keywords:

Busboy | Police | Detective | Disco | Voyeurism

Cast

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

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Movie Connections:

References Surftide 77 (1962)

"....Doesn't anybody care?"

The apex of 60s exploitation pix, with Sal Mineo, painted into over-exposing pants, as a proto-Travis Bickle: a pornophilic, body-building Times Square (filmed in its seedy heyday!) habitué fixated on disco dj/dancer Juliet Prowse. A smorgasbord of Hollywood taboos, including masturbation, incest, child abuse, transvestism, and lesbianism. Unbelievably wonderful!