A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
Jacqueline Giroux
- Mickey
- (as Jackie Giroux)
Carole White
- Helen
- (as Carol Ita White)
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- GoofsThere is a clear change from exterior scenes shot on the beach to beach scenes shot in a studio. The lawn chairs on the beach are a light color. In the studio scenes, the lawn chairs are black.
- Quotes
Neil Glynn: Hey... are these trees? Hm?
Arlene Glynn: They are trees.
Neil Glynn: Hm-hm. You know, the last time we were by here, it seemed like they were smaller. You remember these trees, kids?
DeeDee Glynn: Oh, you don't forget trees like these, dad.
Steve Glynn: I think I remember them, dad.
Featured review
A fear of hippie youths...
TV-made melodrama appears to be a smaller-scaled variation of "Straw Dogs", yet also tends to resemble the cheesier "Hot Rods to Hell". Dysfunctional family--older dad and mom, accompanied by their two college-age kids--take a camping trip to the beach but run afoul of sadistic hooligan teenagers (dressed in hippie garb reminiscent of the Manson followers). Dennis Weaver's complacent father learns to fight back after his family's safety is threatened, but why are these delinquents so obsessed with terrorizing the straight-laced clan? And why do they always seem two-steps ahead of not only Weaver but also the beach patrol? Writer Bill Svanoe's negligence in explaining the situation at hand doesn't seem unintentional at all; he appears to harbor a fear of hippies/irrational kids in general, no doubt propelled by the headlines of the day. His teleplay bulldozes straight on to a rather predictable showdown, one that indicates to us that the family who fights together stays together. Nevertheless, it's an engrossing scenario, helped immeasurably by several good (if occasionally overwrought) performances.
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- moonspinner55
- Apr 12, 2010
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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