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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 28-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Joyce Hazzard
Meg Hammer
Ron Dean
Eddie Cioppino
Lillian Kane
Patty Hannigan
Randy Detroit
Vinnie
Johnny "Mo"
Luca
Amy Ruprecht
Maxine
Kinnard Fox
Connie Baker
Rose Bianco
Latin Queen
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Lisa Gottlieb
- Writers
- Lisa Gottlieb, Henry Beard
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Lisa Gottlieb directs. Bruce Frankel cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 28-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Bruce Frankel shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Joyce Hazzard and Ron Dean and Lillian Kane carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt12305740 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
The technical file
- Editing
- Bruce Frankel
- Runtime
- 28 min · 0h 28m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Lisa Gottlieb
Key crew
- ProducerLisa Gottlieb
- CinematographyJeffrey Jur
- MusicThomas C. Pile
- EditorBruce Frankel
- Art DirectionGaylon Emerzian
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere1980-01-01
