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Date with a Kidnapper (1976)

R | | Crime, Drama, Romance | 1976 (USA)
A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Canon ...
Eddie Matlock
Leslie Rivers ...
Sandra Morely (as Leslie Ann Rivers)
Gladys Lavitan ...
Mrs. Matlock
Larry Lambeth ...
Hotel Clerk
Jim Blankinship ...
Bellhop
Charles Elledge ...
Old Farmer
Susan McRae ...
Daughter
Bob Martin ...
Man with Shotgun
Clonnie Baxter Strawn ...
Old Man in Chair
Skip Lundby ...
Blindman
Elizabeth Allan Burger ...
Birdwatcher - Lady Lush
Nancy Pselos ...
Blonde Barfly
Rusty Smith ...
Redheaded Barfly
Buck Kraft Sr. ...
Bartender
Mrs. Buck Kraft Sr. ...
Old Barfly
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A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com

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He only wanted the ransom - until he saw HER! [Kidnapped Coed version]

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Crime | Drama | Romance

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R | See all certifications »
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1976 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Kidnapped Co-Ed  »

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$35,000 (estimated)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Leslie Rivers was the last actress interviewed for the part of Sandra. See more »

Crazy Credits

The opening title says "Jack Cannon As The Kidnapped Co-ed." Jack Cannon plays the kidnapper. See more »

Connections

Featured in Extra Weird (2003) See more »

Soundtracks

Oh Baby, Don't Say Maybe
Written by George Newman Shaw and John Willhelm
Performed by George Newman Shaw and John Willhelm
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A mini-exploitation-masterpiece
26 April 2002 | by (Auckland, New Zealand) – See all my reviews

Don't go into KIDNAPPED COED expecting sleazy no-budget bad film ineptitude. Frederick R. Friedel's terse, bizarre, dream-like 76-minute kidnapping-gone-wrong programmer is something of a mini-exploitation-masterpiece. It plays more like an art film, with carefully-framed tracking shots and compositions, focused on building atmosphere and silence rather than action and dialogue, and all sorts of little touches that could only come from the hands of an accomplished auteur with imagination to spare, not a talentless hack. On the minus side, the ending kinda leaves you hanging and wanting for more, and Leslie Ann Rivers' co-ed character is less fleshed out or convincing than John Canon's mummy's boy kidnapper. Canon is like the poor man's Nic Nolte--lotsa facial tics and jittery acting, but it works. If KIDNAPPING COED treads creakingly familiar path, Friedel's innovative direction turns it into something else entirely and makes it worth treasuring as a hidden gem. Cinematographer Austin McKinney also shot Friedel's AXE, the trash classic THE LOVE BUTCHER and Jack Hill's PIT STOP.


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