LITTLE CIGARS-1973-Unusual crime drama
(released by AIP) with Angel Tompkins (who had just appeared in
Playboy) as a floozy on the run from her crime boss former lover who
hooks up with a group of “little people” (in this also referred
to as “midgets”) who use a dumb show to cover up their low level
crimes. Their leader Slick (Billy Curtis) and Angel become lovers and
she teams up with the group to commit robberies (a movie theater, a
laundry, a bank) where their diminutive size comes in handy. Later
they have a violent falling out and Slick and Angel wind up hawking
candy bars at an abandoned carnival site. It's very low budget,
preposterous and doesn't show dwarfs in a very good light but it was
nice to see little people in the lead roles with lots of dialogue and
not just being patsies or evil assistants. Angelo Rossetto appears in
a police line up and Michael Pataki has a small role as a mechanic.
This is the only feature length movie made by Chris Christenberry who
was usually a second unit director. Co-screenwriter Louis Garfinkle
had written I BURY THE LIVING and later provided the story for THE
DEERHUNTER! Frank Ray Perilli, the other writer later wrote
LASERBLAST and DRACULA'S DOG.
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