Doctor

 

THE CAREY TREATMENT-1972-Dr. Peter Carey (James Colburn) investigates when his friend David Tao (James Hong) is accused of killing a young girl during an abortion. The victim is the daughter of the head of the hospital (Dan O'Herlihy). A too sure police detective (Pat Hingle) also noses around, while Carey romances another doctor (Jennifer O'Neil). His snooping leads him to a weird massage guy (Michael Blodgett; BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1970)). Also with Regis Toomey, Elizabeth Allen, Alex Drier and John Hillerman. 

Drawn out mystery which director Blake Edwards says was cut without his knowledge. It's based on a novel by Michael Crichton.

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Just In Time For Mother's Day!

THE BIG CUBE-1969-Stage actress Adriana Roman (Lana Turner) retires from acting to marry rich widower Charles Winthrop (Dan O’Herlihy) whose daughter Lisa (Karin Mossberg) has mixed feelings about it. Her friends are a bunch of psychedelic mod hippies who like to hang out at clubs, say weird things and experiment with acid. Her gold digging boyfriend Johnny (George Chakiris from WEST SIDE STORY) is thrown out of his college for making LSD in his lab. When Dad breaks up a party where a dancer (Pamela Mason) does a striptease Lisa blames her step-mom (who in actuality is her real mom). When Dad gets lost at sea Mom inherits his estate and the right to choose who their daughter should marry. Naturally she sees through Johnny boy and will not give her consent. After sex Johnny convinces Lisa that mom actually killed dear old dad. They spike her pills with LSD and she becomes a paranoid nut who’s colorful “trips” are pretty wild. She's committed to a sanitarium and Lisa marries Johnny. After Lisa realizes Johnny’s a dirt bag she helps Adriana’s manager (Richard Egan) bring her out of her funk by having her star in a play he wrote that relates her trouble! Johnny winds up having a pretty bad acid trip of his own.

Shot in Acapulco by director Tito Davidson.

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