Jud (1971)

A Vietnam vet returns to Los Angeles at Christmas time, finds out it's not how he thought it was going to be.

Director:

Gunther Collins

Writer:

Gunther Collins

Stars:

Joseph Kaufmann, Robert Deman, Alix Wyeth

Cast

Credited cast:
Joseph Kaufmann	...	Jud Carney
Robert Deman	...	Bill Arness
Alix Wyeth	...	Shirley Simon
Norman Burton	...	Uncle Hornkel
Claudia Jennings	...	Sunny
Maurice Sherbanee	...	Salvadore Javelli
Vic Dunlop	...	Vincent Barber
Bonnie Bittner	...	Kathy
Jolivett Cato	...	Ben
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John 'Bud' Cardos
Bill Collins
Janice Dryer
Valerie Fitzgerald
Leigh Hemingway
Paul Heslin

Storyline

A Vietnam vet returns to Los Angeles at Christmas time, finds out it's not how he thought it was going to be.

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Plot Keywords:

vietnam | flashback | vietnam veteran | readjustment | california | 

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Taglines:

Killing was just the beginning...

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

35 th. Hour

Company Credits

Production Co:

Duque Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"One Too Many Mornings"
Written by Bob Dylan
Sung by John Hartford

User Reviews

Good argument for re-enlistment.

I saw this in 1971 Los Angeles. It was supposed to be a look at the problems of a returning Marine Corps Viet Nam veteran. Jud doesn't seem to dream or to have benefitted from his military tour as he improbably stays in a depressing environment, symbolized by a barrack-like apartment building and dead end people. Does he have to stay there? A panning reviewer in the Los Angeles Times mused: `If there was ever a city you could get lost in, it's Los Angeles.' Clinical depression might have been going on here, perhaps in the people who made this movie. Truthfully, I would have hurried to the re-enlistment office.