Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Director:

Roger Vadim

Writers:

Francis Pollini (novel)
Gene Roddenberry (writer)

Release Date:

12 July 1971 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

A good football coach can get away with murder.

Plot:

In a California high school, a married teacher is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts...

Plot Keywords:

California | Sex | Teacher | High School | Cheerleader

Cast

Rock Hudson	...	Michael 'Tiger' McDrew
Angie Dickinson	...	Miss Betty Smith
Telly Savalas	...	Captain Sam Surcher
John David Carson	...	Ponce de Leon Harper
Roddy McDowall	...	Mr. Proffer
Keenan Wynn	...	Chief John Poldaski
James Doohan	...	Follo
William Campbell	...	Grady
Susan Tolsky	...	Miss Harriet Craymire
Barbara Leigh	...	Jean McDrew
Gretchen Parsons Carpenter	...	Marjorie (as Gretchen Burrell)
Aimée Eccles	...	Hilda Lee
JoAnna Cameron	...	Yvonne Millick
Margaret Markov	...	Polly
June Fairchild	...	Sonny Swangle

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (original rating) | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

University High School - 11800 Texas Avenue, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

A young Cybill Shepherd was offered a role as one of the murder victims but turned it down. It would have been her feature debut.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sunny Swingle records her message for Tiger, the reel of tape is near the end, but when Ponce plays it back, it is near the beginning.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tommy Boy (1995)

Soundtrack:

CHILLY WINDS

Weird, Wild & Freaky

This movie is lots of fun - a time capsule of the swinging Seventies - tight pants, mini-mini skirts, people sayingt "Right on" and Rock Hudson as a girl hound - seducing any girl who comes into his classroom - yes, Rock plays "Tiger" a football coach and guidance counselor. Angie Dickinson plays a lusty teacher who helps seduce a young virgin boy. Telly Savalas is a hoot as the hard-nosed cop trying to solve the series of murders that start happening at the high school - Salvalas does some truly strange things as an actor - he holds his smoking cigarette in various odd ways and is constantly putting his big sunglasses on his head, on his nose, on a lamp -- the whole movie is this strange little sex-murder mystery (light on the mystery). Written by Star Trek creator, Gene Rodenberry!!!! If you like cheesy fun flicks from the early 1970s, this one is for you. A hoot!