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One of the first lethal Lolita flicks


This is a drama/mystery with a bit o’ thriller/horror that influenced future movies like “Summer Girl” (1983), “Poison Ivy” (1992) and "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle" (1992). William Shatner plays the hubby/father for those who care.

On the feminine front, Patty Duke was 33 during shooting while Stephanie Zimbalist was 23. Anyone who’s enamored by the latter will like this flick more than me (I think she needed to eat some cheeseburgers). It’s well done for a television production and has a sense of artistry (like “Poison Ivy,” just less so), but there’s also some tedious drama.

I appreciated the fact that at least one boating outing was shot in the rain, which is apropos for the region.

The movie runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and was shot in Burnaby and Deer Park, British Columbia, with some 2nd unit shots of Puget Sound around Bainbridge Island and Seattle.

For those interested, it's available on Youtube for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rYBBTIz_fg

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This is one of my favorite Made for TV movies of the era. So corny...but it had a terrific cast!

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