The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans J. SalterOriginal Music Composer
- Harry KellerDirector
- Robert HillScreenplay
Cast
- Hedy LamarrVanessa Windsor
- Jane PowellPenny Windsor
- Jan SterlingLily Frayne
- George NaderChris Farley
- Jerry ParisHank Lopez
- Gregg PalmerPiggy
- Mabel AlbertsonIrma Jones
- James GleasonTom Maloney
- Richard H. CuttingDr. John Ramsay
- Ann DoranNurse
- Yvonne PeattieHairdresser
- Max ShowalterCharlie Grant
Stills
Themes
love trianglesuicide attemptfilm noirrebellious daughterolder woman younger man relationshipmovie starmovie sethouse-sittingreluctant herodaughter of the bossaging actressalcoholic actress