When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
When this man gets up, be prepared to face the most powerful emotional experience of your life.
1979 | 113m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Milton Katselas |
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| Writer: | Mark Medoff |
| Staring: |
| A drug dealer's car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 09, 1979 |
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| Director: | Milton Katselas |
| Writer: | Mark Medoff |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | small town, sociopath, torture, held captive, mindgames, roadside diner |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Melvin Simon Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Candy Clark | Cheryl |
| Marjoe Gortner | Teddy |
| Stephanie Faracy | Angel Childress |
| Dixie Harris | Grandma Childress |
| Anne Ramsey | Rhea Childress |
| Lee Grant | Clarisse Ethridge |
| Hal Linden | Richard Ethridge |
| Peter Firth | Stephen Ryder |
| Pat Hingle | Lyle Striker |
| Leon Russell | Radio Preacher |
| Audra Lindley | Ceil Ryder |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Milton Katselas | Director |
| Mark Medoff | Theatre Play, Screenplay |
| Jules Brenner | Director of Photography |
| Jack Nitzsche | Music |
| Charles Grenzbach | Dialogue Editor |
| Fred B. Phillips | Makeup Artist |
| Richard Chew | Editor |
| Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| James A. Corbett | Sound Effects Editor |
| Joe I. Tompkins | Costume Design |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Donald F. Johnson | Production Sound Mixer |
| Randy Glass | Best Boy Electrician |
| Roy Hawkins | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Maslansky | Co-Producer |
| Melvin Simon | Executive Producer |
| Marjoe Gortner | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Trending Position
Having left his past as a fraudulent child evangelist behind, Marjoe Gortner decided that his talents would be put to better use as an actor. After years of television work and roles in mostly second-tier (or worse) theatrical releases, he went for broke with a self-produced adaptation of playwright ... Mark Medoff's WHEN YOU COMIN' BACK, RED RYDER (1979). Backed by a solid cast and with major studio distribution, Gortner set out to launch himself into A-lister territory. He does display a filthy charisma while verbally and mentally torturing his roadside captives, but that wasn't enough to keep his vanity project from sinking like the Titanic when it hit theaters. And that's a shame, since its cast makes it more than watchable, even if its tone is bleak and unpleasant from start to finish. Only readily available for viewing via uploads of truly risible quality, as it has never been (legally) released on any home video format in the U.S.A. Sadly, there is no indication that this situation will end anytime soon.