I wouldn't want to be in a car with any of these people, all of them in trouble for differing reasons, heading from Mexico to Dallas. A group of teenagers end up hitchhiking after escaping from a work farm add are picked up by a very shady Robert Pattinson and his heroin-addicted girlfriend, Carole Ohmart. At gun point, for some reason, they steal a doll that Ohmart has been holding onto for dear life, and later discover that inside the head of the doll, it contains a supply of heroin that she dips into to meet her kick. With Hutton intending to kill them, and the police are on their trail, it's a violent hide and go seek or come out and get killed game between the teens and the vicious Hutton who seems destined to meet a violent end. As for what happens to the tired looking Ohmart (a film noir vixen that never quite made it in the mid 50's), only major rehab or an overdose would be her imminent conclusion.
Fast-moving, crisp drive in tlentry is pretty campy, but they overdo the jazz score that plays loudly throughout. Filmed on location in Texas and New Mexico, this has great outdoor scenes and we'll certainly keep the viewer's attention, but it's melodramatic exploitation structure makes it off and laughable. Steve Howland, Jan Brooks and Robert Arthur do credible jobs as the three teams, with Howland and Arthur getting into several fights over Brooks that don't make sense. Ohmart does create an interesting characterization, and it's notable how she makes herself look truly haggard to add to her performance of the junkie. I wouldn't call this a film to completely avoid, but as long as the viewer knows what type of film it is (and how couldn't they with the title or its alternative), it will be an interesting Rye that they would want to avoid if they ended up stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Fast-moving, crisp drive in tlentry is pretty campy, but they overdo the jazz score that plays loudly throughout. Filmed on location in Texas and New Mexico, this has great outdoor scenes and we'll certainly keep the viewer's attention, but it's melodramatic exploitation structure makes it off and laughable. Steve Howland, Jan Brooks and Robert Arthur do credible jobs as the three teams, with Howland and Arthur getting into several fights over Brooks that don't make sense. Ohmart does create an interesting characterization, and it's notable how she makes herself look truly haggard to add to her performance of the junkie. I wouldn't call this a film to completely avoid, but as long as the viewer knows what type of film it is (and how couldn't they with the title or its alternative), it will be an interesting Rye that they would want to avoid if they ended up stranded in the middle of nowhere.