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      Shack Out on 101

      1955 1 hr. 20 min. Drama List
      Reviews 43% 50+ Ratings Audience Score While owner George Bater (Keenan Wynn), cook Slob (Lee Marvin) and waitress Kotty (Terry Moore) go about their workday, their diner near the highway becomes a haven for international espionage during the Cold War. One of the diner's regular customers is professor Sam Bastion (Frank Lovejoy), who works at a local laboratory as a nuclear physicist. Although Kotty and Bastion are dating one another, she has no idea what he has gotten himself involved in -- but she is about to find out. Read More Read Less

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      nick s The story was on the convoluted and improbable side, the script awfully hammy in places. But a lot of the acting was compelling. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/25/24 Full Review kevin w Trimmed with a plot about spies that seems incidental (if not entirely disposable) while filled with plenty of incidental conversation, The Shack wins admiration for it's performances and theater-like presence. It doesn't always make sense ... but that was the 50's for you. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member "You are my heart, but I'd cut you out if you were a traitor!" An exceptional but forgotten gem of Cold War cinema. Terry Moore is a proud American waitress fending herself from the affection of Lee Marvin's mean bastard Slob as well as Keenan Wynn's desperate sadsack diner owner. When she catches wind that her scientist boyfriend (the painfully dull Frank Lovejoy - come on Terry, get with the Wynn!) might be trading secrets with the red, the tiny food shack on the side of the road becomes the final battleground for American Liberty. Never has a short order cook been as creepy or as demented as Lee Marvin; this bear in human form ranks right up there with his Vince Stone Big Heat heavy as one of his finest villain roles. Edward & Mildred Dein deliver a crackerjack screenplay with witty, biting repartee between all the film's combatants. I'm honestly shocked I had never heard of this film before, but I'm thankful that Olive Films had the brains to finally bring Shack on 101 to blu ray. Certainly one of the best films I discovered this year. VF. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Snappy, hip dialogue (sexy lead female is referred to throughout as "the tah-mehta") and a top-flight old Hollywood cast make this rarity a real treat - if you can find it. Lee Marvin and the enticing Terry Moore shine. The Commies are coming - even to the Shack Out on 101. Sadly, they don't make'em like this anymore. First film for Seinfeld's "Uncle Leo." Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Terry Moore vs. the Commies. . .campy fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie confuses me. Somtimes it plays off as serious, and others it tries to be a comdey, then a romantic film. Lee Marvin is great as a cook named Slob. This film probably made more sense when it came out. As far as I know this title isn't available on DVD, and is kind of rare. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nathan Rabin The Dissolve For such a short movie packed with so much incident, Shack Out On 101 devotes an awful lot of its time to folks simply hanging out and shooting the shit, and it's richer for it. Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 7, 2013 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A snappy entry into those Red Scare movies from the Cold War paranoid period of the 1950s in America. Rated: B Apr 14, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis While owner George Bater (Keenan Wynn), cook Slob (Lee Marvin) and waitress Kotty (Terry Moore) go about their workday, their diner near the highway becomes a haven for international espionage during the Cold War. One of the diner's regular customers is professor Sam Bastion (Frank Lovejoy), who works at a local laboratory as a nuclear physicist. Although Kotty and Bastion are dating one another, she has no idea what he has gotten himself involved in -- but she is about to find out.
      Director
      Edward Dein
      Executive Producer
      William F. Broidy
      Screenwriter
      Edward Dein, Mildred Dein
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 1, 2015