The Stewardesses (1969)

Director:

Al Silliman Jr.

Writer:

Al Silliman Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

25 July 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

THE SCREEN COMES ALIVE IN. STEREOVISION 3D

Plot Keywords:

3 Dimensional | Female Nudity | Nudity | Lesbian Sex | Lesbianism

Cast

Christina Hart	...	Stewardess Samantha
Michael Garrett	...	Colin Winthrop
Paula Erikson	...	Tina
William Basil	...	Captain Brad Masters
Angelique de Moline	...	Jo Peters
Kathy Ferrick	...	Kathy
Janet Wass	...	Wendy
Donna Stanley	...	Horney Annie
Jerry Litvinoff	...	Cappy
Patricia Fein	...	Karen
Beth Shields	...	Cindy
Monica Gayle	...	Ursella
Robert Keller	...	Charles
Andy Roth	...	Soldier
John Barcado	...	Pilot

Also Known As:

Special Edition: The Stewardesses (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

UK:69 min | USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:R (edited for re-rating) | USA:X (original rating)

Company:

Hollywood Films

Trivia:

Chris J. Condon, founder of Century Precision Optics, in collaboration with director Al Silliman Jr., developed a single-camera 3-D system that was simple and economical to use. In the 1950s 3-D films had been shot with two cameras, and showing a 3-D film in a theater had required two projectors which often went out of sync. The new single-camera system put the two images side-by-side in a normal 35mm film frame, thus allowing the use of a very portable camera. Condon's camera and technology created to make this film, which was manufactured by Stereovision International Co., were eventually used to shoot many movies like Jaws 3-D (1983) during the 1980s' three-dimensional boom.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Greatest Ever 3D Moments (2009) (TV)

Tripe

I saw this in the theater in its 3D version when it was originally released in 1969. It stunk to high heaven then and it can't be any better now. Scenes of a woman being brutalized in the bedroom and then jumping out a window hardly fit into a movie described as a comedy-drama. Nudity for no other purpose than titillation does not a movie make. The 3D effects were not all that good and did nothing at all to add to the enjoyment of the film. It has been 35 years since I saw this movie and I still think of it as the worst film I have ever viewed in a theater. My companions and I asked for our money back but were refused. Other vignettes within this "movie" included the story of a man who was traumatized by an act of sodomy. Cheery stuff, eh?