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Director:
Writer:
Richard L. Bare (writer)
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Release Date:
15 March 1974 (Finland) more
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Tagline:
Duo-Vision. No Glasses - All You Need Are Your Eyes. more
Plot:
A tongue-in-cheek psycho movie in "Duo-vision." The entire feature employs the split-screen technique... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Strangely enjoyable more (14 total)

Cast

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David Bailey ... Rick Stewart
Tiffany Bolling ... Lisa James
Randolph Roberts ... Jason Gant
Scott Brady ... Police Sgt. Ramsey
Edd Byrnes ... Henry Peter 'Hank' Lassiter
Diane McBain ... Dolores Hamilton
Roger Bowen ... Simmons, Hotel Manager
Madeleine Sherwood ... Lenore Karadyne
Stefanianna Christopherson ... Genny (as Indira Danks)
Arthur O'Connell ... Mr. Fenley, Hotel Engineer
Jack Knight ... Bill Broderick
Patsy Garrett ... Mrs. Griswald - Housekeeper
Robert Nichols ... Fred, Day Clerk
Kirk Bates ... Owen Williams (as Kirk Bates and The Leaves of Grass)
Maryesther Denver ... Adele Moffett - Organist
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Runtime:
95 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The organ music is originally from The Phantom of the Opera (1925). more
Goofs:
Continuity: After serving Rick and Lisa their drinks, the tray that Hank's carrying jumps from his left hand to his right as he crosses the frame of the split-screen. more
Quotes:
Rick Stewart: We don't need any beach freaks makin' out with the guests! more
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Soundtrack:
I'll Be Myself more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Strangely enjoyable, 12 June 2007
Author: lazarillo

This movie has several strikes against it from the outset. First off, is the split-screen ("duo-vision") gimmick, which is effective when used sparingly by filmmakers like Brian DePalma (or going WAY back silent French filmmaker Abel Gance), but is pretty annoying when used extensively (check out the ill-advised sequel "More American Graffitti"), and likely to give many viewers a splitting headache. Then there is the killer who is stalking a seaside hotel. The movie not only makes no attempt to hide his identity from the start, but the clues he leaves along the way are so incredibly obvious that you want to scream at the protagonist (a dimwitted, womanizing security guard)for not being able to figure out who he is. Finally there's the wretched theme song ("Wicked, wicked, that's the ticket. . .") that was apparently actually sung by actress Tiffany Bolling, who should have stuck to stripping off in bad movies like this (and speaking a stripping off, Bolling takes her usual gratuitous shower in this movie behind a particularly opaque shower curtain, just to add insult to injury).

Despite all this though, I kind of enjoyed this movie. It has an enjoyably nasty sense of humor, and only in the 1970's could anyone possibly get away with making a wrongheaded experiment in cinematic ineptitude like this and still have it backed by a major studio (MGM). As for those who find this misogynistic or offensive, check out a couple other Tiffany Bolling vehicles/feminist treatises "The Candy Snatchers" and "Centerfold Girls" sometime!

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