THE DEVIL AND LEROY BASSETT-1973-The Basset Brothers: Leroy (John F. Goff), Wilbert (George “Buck” Flower) and Melvin (James Ward) are idiots who'd make The 3 Stooges look like college professors. They plan to help an American Indian cop Keema Greywolf (Cody Bearpaw) escape from police custody. After arguing, complaining and drinking beer, Leroy, a religious nut, dresses as a cop and they free him. This redneck trailer trash nonsense is full of stupid hick characters, terrible acting and direction and a story line that gives all the sympathy to a cold bloodied killer (and his remorseless insane helpers) who brought everything on himself while a funky soundtrack plays. When helpless Keema is killed at the end you can only think "What a relief".
Real screwed up movie making from director Robert E. Pearson who later played the grouchy theater owner (under a different name) in DRIVE IN MASSACRE which Buck Flower wrote and John Goff starred in.
In 1977 Pearson made a movie called CLAWS about a killer grizzly bear that had real actors in it. Star Cody Bearpaw (from Canada) was in stuntman in some other movies around this time.
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