Thus, you can turn off your television right now.
Steve Rowland (as "Switch") and Robert Arthur (as "Frankie") play a couple of 30-year-old juvenile delinquents who escape from the "State Honor Farm." They are helped by Frankie's underage girlfriend Jan Brooks (as "Statutory"). Meanwhile, in Juarez, drug agent Robert Hutton is tracking down a heroin dealer, played by John Goddard. Hutton bumps into Carol Ohmart, who is buying a doll. Guess what she plans on stashing inside the doll.
In short order, the delinquents' car breaks down, and they hitch a ride with Goddard and Ohmart. The delinquents are trying to get to Mexico; the other pair is trying to get to Dallas. After awhile, I lost track of where anyone was going, but I did conclude the film was going into the toilet.
Eventually, the overage kids commandeer the car and take the doll, unaware of what's inside it. They disable the car and walk off, which makes no sense, but hey, if it made sense, I wouldn't be writing about it. Ohmart is now dying for a fix, but the couple has more pressing issues, like finding the nearest comfort station. They find a gas station, and Goddard steals the owner's car after knifing him. While all this is going on, Hutton is wandering aimlessly around the scenery trying to catch a break.
The juveniles hole up in an abandoned house, which, oddly, is well-furnished. After Switch attempts to deflower Donna and Frankie slugs him, they discover the doll is loaded with horse. Somehow, Goddard and Ohmart manage to find them, and the cross-country tour continues. By this time, viewers are car sick. Finally, and not a moment of these 70 excruciating minutes too soon, we see the climax at some stockyards (yes, cows, hay, all sorts of stuff). Some bullets fly, a knife is inserted, and everyone leaves the theater demanding a refund.
Ohmart, who was extremely sexy as Vincent Price's wife in "House on Haunted Hill," does a pretty good job as the heroin addict. She should have gotten better parts in her career. She was alluring, with a sultry voice, and could act. Hutton is bland as ever. How he managed to get work for several decades is beyond me. Goddard is okay as the drug dealer scumbag. Rowland, with his curly-top hairdo, looks like the poor man's Sonny Corleone. Arthur brings nothing to the table. When he hears Brooks screaming, he hesitates as he decides whether to drop the firewood he's holding. Ladies, this guy is a real keeper. Brooks is not attractive, has no discernible talent, and her character is poorly written. When we first see her, she acts like she is the town mattress; in short order she becomes the innocent chick.
The music score may be the most bizarre thing about this film. Composer Dick LaSalle seems to be using motifs from "The Man with the Golden Arm," "Vertigo," and a Courageous Cat cartoon. The IMDb credits list Steve Rowland as singing the title song. But there is no title song, unless I missed it while I was shooting up.
Steve Rowland (as "Switch") and Robert Arthur (as "Frankie") play a couple of 30-year-old juvenile delinquents who escape from the "State Honor Farm." They are helped by Frankie's underage girlfriend Jan Brooks (as "Statutory"). Meanwhile, in Juarez, drug agent Robert Hutton is tracking down a heroin dealer, played by John Goddard. Hutton bumps into Carol Ohmart, who is buying a doll. Guess what she plans on stashing inside the doll.
In short order, the delinquents' car breaks down, and they hitch a ride with Goddard and Ohmart. The delinquents are trying to get to Mexico; the other pair is trying to get to Dallas. After awhile, I lost track of where anyone was going, but I did conclude the film was going into the toilet.
Eventually, the overage kids commandeer the car and take the doll, unaware of what's inside it. They disable the car and walk off, which makes no sense, but hey, if it made sense, I wouldn't be writing about it. Ohmart is now dying for a fix, but the couple has more pressing issues, like finding the nearest comfort station. They find a gas station, and Goddard steals the owner's car after knifing him. While all this is going on, Hutton is wandering aimlessly around the scenery trying to catch a break.
The juveniles hole up in an abandoned house, which, oddly, is well-furnished. After Switch attempts to deflower Donna and Frankie slugs him, they discover the doll is loaded with horse. Somehow, Goddard and Ohmart manage to find them, and the cross-country tour continues. By this time, viewers are car sick. Finally, and not a moment of these 70 excruciating minutes too soon, we see the climax at some stockyards (yes, cows, hay, all sorts of stuff). Some bullets fly, a knife is inserted, and everyone leaves the theater demanding a refund.
Ohmart, who was extremely sexy as Vincent Price's wife in "House on Haunted Hill," does a pretty good job as the heroin addict. She should have gotten better parts in her career. She was alluring, with a sultry voice, and could act. Hutton is bland as ever. How he managed to get work for several decades is beyond me. Goddard is okay as the drug dealer scumbag. Rowland, with his curly-top hairdo, looks like the poor man's Sonny Corleone. Arthur brings nothing to the table. When he hears Brooks screaming, he hesitates as he decides whether to drop the firewood he's holding. Ladies, this guy is a real keeper. Brooks is not attractive, has no discernible talent, and her character is poorly written. When we first see her, she acts like she is the town mattress; in short order she becomes the innocent chick.
The music score may be the most bizarre thing about this film. Composer Dick LaSalle seems to be using motifs from "The Man with the Golden Arm," "Vertigo," and a Courageous Cat cartoon. The IMDb credits list Steve Rowland as singing the title song. But there is no title song, unless I missed it while I was shooting up.