The Single Girls
| The Single Girls | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Beverly Sebastian Ferd Sebastian |
| Written by | Beverly Sebastian (as "Ann Cawthorne") |
| Story by | Ann Cawthorne |
| Produced by | Beverly Sebastian Ferd Sebastian |
| Starring | Claudia Jennings Greg Mullavey Wayne C. Dvorak |
| Cinematography | Ferd Sebastian |
| Music by | Peter J. Elliott |
Production company | Sebastian Films Limited |
| Distributed by | Dimension Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $45,000[2] |
The Single Girls (also known as Bloody Friday and Private School) is a 1973 American exploitation film directed by Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian, and starring Claudia Jennings, Jean Marie Ingels and Greg Mullavey.
Ferd Sebastian said ". . . it was like a lot of the people were in the 70s. Searching for love in all the wrong places. It was meant to be a light, sexy show with a murderer on the loose."[2]
Plot
A group of men and women travel to a Caribbean resort to discover themselves sexually, but unfortunately one of them has also discovered that they like to murder people, too.[3]
Cast
- Claudia Jennings as Allison
- Jean Marie Ingels as Phyllis
- Cheri Howell as Shannon (as Chéri Howell)
- Joan Prather as Lola
- Greg Mullavey as George
- Edward Blessington as Bud (as Ed Blessington)
- Victor Izay as Andrew
- Wayne C. Dvorak as Dr. Phillip Stevens (as Wayne Dvorek)
- Albert Popwell as Morris
- Jason Ledger as Blue
- Merci Montello as Cathy (as Mercy Rooney)
- Robyn Hilton as Denise
Production
Ferd Sebastian said this was the first film he made with his wife that "we had a crew on. We added a sound man, boom man and a gaffer."[2]
The film was shot in two main locations: interiors at the Westlake Inn, Westlake Village, with all other locations were at Paradise Cove, in Malibu.[2]
Soundtrack
The film features "Ms. America," co-written and performed by Bobby Hart of the Monkees fame.[4]
Trivia
This film was made before 'Gator Bait (1973), which also starred the 1970 Playboy "Playmate of the Year" Claudia Jennings, but was released a year later. The Sebastians and Jennings became close friends while making The Single Girls and Jennings asked the Sebastians to write a film for her. That film was 'Gator Bait.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Starts Wednesday". The Courier. 25 March 1973. p. 41.
- ^ a b c d "Loose talk loses lives - interview with Ferd Sebastian". Hysteria Lives.
- ^ "The Single Girls logline". IMDb.com.
- ^ "The Single Girls soundtrack". IMDB.com.
- ^ "Gator Bait trivia". IMDb.com.
External links
- The Single Girls at IMDb
- The Single Girls at Letterbox DVD
- The Single Girls at AFI