The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder is a 1974 film from Playboy Enterprises directed by Arthur Hiller and produced by Hugh Hefner. This was the final feature film role for actor George Marshall, who is mostly known as a director (Destry Rides Again, Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number!, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man).[2]
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | |
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Directed by | Arthur Hiller |
Written by | Daryl Henry |
Produced by | Hugh Hefner Edward L. Rissien Arthur Hiller |
Starring | Timothy Bottoms Barbara Hershey |
Cinematography | David M. Walsh |
Edited by | Robert C. Jones |
Music by | Bob Alcivar |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1.7 million[1] |
A Vietnam veteran who pretends to be insane ends up being admitted to the V.A. Hospital. He escapes and builds an underground bunker, which he equips with utilities such as electricity, and also falls in love with his nurse, Zanni.
Actor | Role |
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Timothy Bottoms | Vrooder |
Barbara Hershey (as Barbara Seagull) | Zanni |
George Marshall | Corky |
Lawrence Pressman | Passki |
Albert Salmi | Splint |
Michael Cristofer | Alessini |
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 257
- ^ "The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) – IMDb". IMDb.