MOVIE TITLE: WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR?

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1965

FILM SHOT IN: BLACK & WHITE (you would receive the "fullscreen" version)

RUNNING TIME: 94 MINUTES (MOST OTHER VERSIONS RUN 90 MINUTES OR LESS)

PICTURE QUALITY RATING: = 8 to 8.5 out of 10 (GOOD to VERY GOOD QUALITY~THESE RARE FILMS COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES AND ARE GOOD TO EXCELLENT QUALITY UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT MODERN DAY HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL QUALITY.)

DIRECTED BY: JOSEPH CATES

STARRING: SAL MINEO, JULIET PROWSE, JAN MURRAY, ELAINE STRITCH    

BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY: SAL MINEO PLAYS A SEXUALLY DISTURBED YOUNG MAN WORKING AS A BUSBOY AT A DISCOTEQUE. HE BECOMES OBSESSED WITH A DISC JOCKEY EMPLOYEE OF THE DANCE CLUB (JULIET PROWSE). EVENTUALLY HIS PERVERTED PHONE CALLS & ACTIONS LEAD TO POLICE INTERVENTION. 

COMMENTS: ***MOST COMPLETE VERSION YET WITH FULL "POOL SCENE***, THIS IS A WONDERFULLY "CHEAP", STYLISHLY SHOT LITTLE FILM MASTERPIECE. REALISTICALLY FILMED ON LOCATION IN MID-60s NEW YORK CITY!
THE CAST IS PRETTY UNBELIEVABLE: YOU HAVE SAL MINEO (once hot Hollywood property-not the case in 1965), JULIET PROWSE (famous for her dancing-not acting), JAN MURRAY (certainly more at home on a TV game show panel than the big screen) & ELAINE STRITCH (playing a lonely lesbian-is known for her work on the Broadway stage.)
AS IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH, THE SOUNDTRACK MUSIC IS SUPERB 60s POP WRITTEN BY BOB GAUDIO (The Four Seasons) & AL KASHA WITH HELP FROM POP GIANT CHARLES CALLELO. THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TITLE SONG WAS SUNG BY JOANIE SOMMERS..?.............AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY STILL HAVE NOT RELEASED A FULL 94 MIN. VERSION FROM AN ORIGINAL FILM NEGATIVE!!...AS FAR AS COMMON KNOWLEDGE GOES, THIS VERSION FROM PRESSPLAYHOUSE IS THE ONLY (FULL RUNTIME) AVAILABLE OPTION.