Buster and Billie (1974)

Directed by

Daniel Petrie, Sidney Sheldon

Genre

drama film, crime film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shy young man named Buster falls for a quiet girl named Billie in a small Southern town. Their romance faces cruel judgment and violence from the local community.

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What happens

Buster and Billie is a 1974 American neo noir crime film motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. The film was of the tragic romance/revenge film genres. It was directed by Daniel Petrie, whose credits include films such as Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). In the title roles were future Airwolf star Jan-Michael Vincent as Buster, and Joan Goodfellow as Billie. In supporting roles, Buster and Billie also featured Pamela Sue Martin as Buster's girlfriend Margie, and Robert Englund, in his film debut, in a small role as Buster's friend, Whitey. This film is also notable as one of the earliest American mainstream movies to have male frontal nudity. Much of the movie was filmed in the towns of Metter and Register, Georgia, as well as in surrounding rural areas. Townspeople were excited the movie was being filmed and were unaware of the movie's risque plot or nudity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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