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DADDY-'O' (aka: Downbeat, Out on Probation) |
"Meet the 'Beat'! Daring to Live... Daring to Love!" |
-- Film Synopsis:
An extremely dated 1950's Tight-Sweater-Wearing, Drag Racing Teenage youth gone wrong cult-flick that populated the drive-ins in the 1950's. Singer Dick Contino stars as Daddy-O, as Phil Sandifer, who loses it all in a drag race and the death of his buddy which he thinks Jana (Giles) is the cause of it all. He is soon approached by a shady but polite fat man named Greenstreet (Vesota) who owns a club called the High Note to work for him entertaining his young Rock and Roll guests. Contino does learn that VeSota was in fact responsible for his buddy's untimely demise. So he sets out to nail VeSota and his henchman. |
* Movie Features:
As for dancing, very little is done in this film, but for Swing dance fans this film features Gil and Nicky Brady whose California style West Coast Swing dancing was outstanding in their day. It also features large breasted Swing dancer and actress Sandra Giles as 'Jana' in one of the few movies she made. The beautiful and lovely Sandra was supposedly the studio's answer to Jane Mansfield but Sandra couldn't act, never-the-less, if you know Sandra it's really fun to watch her do her stuff as the "Bad Girl."
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1958 |
Columbia / Tri-Star Home Video |
Lou Place |
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74 minutes |
USA |
English |
Black and White |
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Featured Dancer |
Featured Dance |
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Drama / Crime / Mystery |
Gil and Nicky Brady |
ECS | WCS Swing Dance |
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Known Dancers |
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Actors / Actresses |
Bob Banas |
None: Specialty Dancers |
Bruno VeSota |
Gil and Nicky Brady |
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Dick Contino |
Sandra Giles |
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Gloria Victor |
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Jack McClure |
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Robert Banas |
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Ron McNeil |
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Sandra Giles |
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Sonia Torgeson |
Some Music Titles in Film |
Bands | Musicians | Singers |
Posters | Lobby Cards |
Angel Eyes |
Dick Contino |
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Rock Candy Baby |
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Wait'll I Get You Home |
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Similar Films |
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Carnival Rock |
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Hot Rod Girl |
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Hot Rod Rumble |
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Naked Youth |
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Teenage Crime Wave |
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Teenage Doll |
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Untamed Youth |
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