Poor Pretty Eddie (1973)

USA, 1973
92m
35mm film, Technicolour
mono, English

An American horror film directed by Richard Robinson and David Worth. Although made in 1973, it wouldn’t be released until 1975.

Plot Summary

Jazz singer Liz is on a road trip through the American South when her car breaks down leaving her at the mercy of a murderous Elvis Presley impersonator.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Richard Robinson, David Worth
Produced by: Richard Robinson
Executive Producer: Michael Thevis
Associate Producers: Anthony Mazzola, Leon Walters
Screenplay: B.W. Sandefur
Original Story: B.W. Sandefur, Richard Robinson
Director of Photography: David Worth
Film Editor: Frank Mazzola
[Music] Written & Scored by: Grant Boatwright
Sound Mixer: Jan Brodin
Costumes by: Margaret Rose
Make-up Supervisor: Melanie
Art Director: Mick Bankins

Cast
Leslie Uggams (Liz)
Shelley Winters (Bertha)
Michael Christian (Eddie)
Ted Cassidy (Keno)
Dub Taylor (Floyd)
Lou Joffred (Odell)
Slim Pickens (Orville)

Alternative Titles

Black Vengeance
Förföljd – Sweden
Heartbreak Motel
Masacre en el condado de Cuello Rojo – Spain
Massacre at Redneck County – USA (re-release)
Matanza en el condado de Cuello Rojo – Spain
Onde Tudo Acontece – Brazil
Redneck County – USA (re-release)
Redneck County Rape
Săracul drăguţul Eddie – Romania
Takaa-ajettu(box title) – Finland
Teflaky Eddie-ye Khoshteep – Iran
Violación interminable – Mexico
Violence et viol chez les Rednecks – France (DVD)
Бедненький Эдди – Soviet Union

Extracts included in
42nd Street Forever, Volume 5: The Alamo Drafthouse Edition (2009)

References

Books

  • House of Psychotic Women by Kier-La Janisse pp. 51, 52