When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

"When this man gets up, be prepared to face the most powerful emotional experience of your life."

1979 1h 53m EN

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★5.8TMDB · 10

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Synopsis

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A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.

“When this man gets up, be prepared to face the most powerful emotional experience of your life.”

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Cast

Candy Clark
Cheryl
Marjoe Gortner
Teddy
Stephanie Faracy
Angel Childress
Dixie Harris
Grandma Childress
Anne Ramsey
Rhea Childress
Lee Grant
Clarisse Ethridge
Hal Linden
Richard Ethridge
Peter Firth
Stephen Ryder

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Milton Katselas
Writers: Mark Medoff
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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47 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Milton Katselas, shot by Jules Brenner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Candy Clark and Marjoe Gortner and Stephanie Faracy carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "When this man gets up, be prepared to face the most powerful emotional experience of your life.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0080129 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Milton Katselas directs. Jules Brenner behind the camera. Richard Chew cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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147 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Milton Katselas, shot by Jules Brenner. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Candy Clark and Marjoe Gortner and Stephanie Faracy carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "When this man gets up, be prepared to face the most powerful emotional experience of your life.".
6IMDB entry: tt0080129 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 10 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jules Brenner
Editing: Richard Chew
Production design: Ted Haworth
Costume design: Joe I. Tompkins
Makeup / hair: Fred B. Phillips
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)

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adorablepanic2020-04-02
★ 7/10
Having left his past as a fraudulent child evangelist behind, Marjoe Gortner decided that his talents would be put to better use as an actor. After years of television work and roles in mostly second-tier (or worse) theatrical releases, he went for broke with a self-produced adaptation of playwright Mark Medoff's WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK, RED RYDER (1979). Backed by a solid cast and with major studio distribution, Gortner set out to launch himself into A-lister territory. He does display a filthy charisma while verbally and mentally torturing his roadside captives, but that wasn't enough to keep his vanity project from sinking like the Titanic when it hit theaters. And that's a shame, since its cast makes it more than watchable, even if its tone is bleak and unpleasant from start to finish. Only readily available for viewing via uploads of truly risible quality, as it has never been (legally) released on any home video format in the U.S.A. Sadly, there is no indication that this situation will end anytime soon.

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