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Daddy-O (1958)

Daddy-O poster
Directed by
Lou Place
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man becomes a truck driver and gets involved with shady characters. He tries to stop a crime ring after a friend is killed.

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What happens

Daddy-O is a 1959 B movie starring Dick Contino, Sandra Giles, and Bruno VeSota. It was directed by Lou Place and written by David Moessinger. The film is notable for its soundtrack as being the debut film score for John Williams. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Roadracers. It was later featured on the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Daddy-O was produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr., who also produced The Delinquents (1957) and The Cool and the Crazy (1958). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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