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Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie

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Poor Pretty Eddie

"He does all the things you like... To forget!"

1975

1h 25m

5.2(33 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Bertha

Michael Christian

Eddie Collins

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Sheriff Orville

Ted Cassidy

Ted Cassidy

Keno

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Justice of the Peace Floyd

Lou Joffred

Odell

Red Lawson

Claude, the Salesman

Sherif Smith

The Deputy

Jim Bacon

Redneck in Bar / at Wedding (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Richard Robinson
David Worth
Written by: B.W. Sandefur

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