A zany spoof with plenty of violence borrowed from the very source it seeks to parody, this film is about a housewife who has lost her family to the television set. Characters spring from the screen to invade her home and take over her life. She is saved by Buck the cowboy, who shoots everyone dead and rides off with her. Sam, her husband, witnesses the departure on his TV set. Stars: Edward Allen, Paul Berval, Christien Delmas, Basil Fitzgibbon, Gilles Pellerin, Joan Stuart, John Vernon, Chris Wiggins, Trudi Wiggins, Leslie Yeo, Ted Zeigler. Written by Stan Daniels; photographed by Jean Roy and Thomas Vamos; edited by Kathleen Shannon; sound by Ron Alexander, Andre Hourlier, John Knight and Roger Lamoureux.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007865
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Influence
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television - Psychological aspects
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Violence in television
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Housewives
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)