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Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie

He does all the things you like... To forget!

19755.01h 25m

Overview

A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.

Directed by Richard Robinson
Written by B.W. Sandefur, Jean Genet
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Top Cast

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Bertha

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Michael Christian

Eddie Collins

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Sheriff Orville

Ted Cassidy

Ted Cassidy

Keno

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Justice of the Peace Floyd

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Lou Joffred

Odell

R

Red Lawson

Claude, the Salesman

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Sherif Smith

The Deputy

J

Jim Bacon

Redneck in Bar / at Wedding (uncredited)

Themes & Keywords

raperedneckbackwoods

About Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie is a horror, drama film released in 1975 exploring themes of rape, redneck, backwoods. Directed by Richard Robinson, it stars Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters, Michael Christian. A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.

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