On a related note, while doing stock footage research for a
film recently, I viewed what must be one of Rue McClanahan's
earliest roles, in an unreleased skid-row independent film
entitled "Angel's Flight". The film was completed in 1965,
but shot a few years earlier, around 1962, and never released
theatrically. It's a naughty little piece about a female
serial killer (ahead of it's time in some ways). Rue
(credited as Rhu) played a drunken, angry barfly in a few
scenes. She started out noir and came full circle in
TWTTF.
TL
www.terrillleelankford.com
On Apr 7, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Todd Mason wrote:
> Ha! Let's try Rue McLanahan, not Leachman. Still
fine.
>
> To do the novel more correctly might've creeped
folks out of the few
> theaters it played in. As with THE GRIFTERS,
Thompson loved to play
> with
> incest. TM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Mason
> And this despite fine performances from Gershon and
Cloris Leachman,
> along
> with Zane pretty inspired choices for the
roles...but it became too
> much of
> a Zane showcase.
> -
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