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Poor Pretty Eddie

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Vacationing jazz singer Liz Wetherly (Leslie Uggams) is driving through backwoods Georgia when her car breaks down. She ends up at a hunting lodge owned by Bertha (Shelley Winters), a former starlet in love with Eddie Collins (Michael Christian), a young, unhinged Elvis wannabe. His unsettling fascination with Liz rapidly leads to her imprisonment and rape, and, when Bertha and Eddie murder any potential rescuers, Liz realizes she must take charge of her own bid for freedom and bloody revenge.

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Jacob Knight Birth.Movies.Death. 03/19/2018
Poor Pretty Eddie isn't afraid to be recklessly mean, an attribute sorely missing in the modern cinematic landscape. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brent W @RT92054129 10/22/2024 The movie was super bad! Leslie Uggams just appears in the woods at the beginning, I knew it was gonna be bad! See more 12/26/2015 Lesley Uggams is terrorized by Shelley Winters, something that Winters had been doing to movie audiences for years. See more 11/24/2015 Also called Heartbreak Motel where I have left my review. See more 12/19/2014 Low rent, badly acted with Shelley chewing the scenery shamelessly. Distasteful and tawdry. See more 01/23/2013 I generally like these types of movies but this one drags and the payoff is not so great. I am glad I watched it but I can't imagine sitting through it again. See more 12/19/2012 interesting movie. not predictable in any way. if possible watch the extra feature with cast interviews-- which is more entertaining than the actual movie and will give you an appreciation for the final product. See more Read all reviews
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Richard Robinson

Director

David Worth

Director

Leslie Uggams

Elizabeth "Liz" Wetherly

Shelley Winters

Bertha

Michael Christian

Eddie Collins

Ted Cassidy

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Synopsis Vacationing jazz singer Liz Wetherly (Leslie Uggams) is driving through backwoods Georgia when her car breaks down. She ends up at a hunting lodge owned by Bertha (Shelley Winters), a former starlet in love with Eddie Collins (Michael Christian), a young, unhinged Elvis wannabe. His unsettling fascination with Liz rapidly leads to her imprisonment and rape, and, when Bertha and Eddie murder any potential rescuers, Liz realizes she must take charge of her own bid for freedom and bloody revenge.
Director
Richard Robinson, David Worth
Production Co
Artaxerxes Productions, Michael Thevis Enterprises Production
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 16, 1975, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 2, 2017
Runtime
1h 24m
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