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• TALE OF THE TAPE
• Directed by Dennis Donnelly
• Written by Neva Friedenn, Robert Easter, and Ann Kindberg
• Cinematography by Gary Graver
• Score by George Deaton

• CAST
• Cameron Mitchell as Vance Kingsley, Pamelyn Ferdin as Laurie Ballard, Wesley Eure as Kent Kingsley, Nicholas Beauvy as Joey Ballard, Tim Donnelly as Lieutenant Mark Jamison, Aneta Corsaut as Joanne Ballard, Faith McSwain as Mrs. Andrews, Marciee Drake as Deborah, Evelyn Guerrero as Maria, Kelly Nichols as Dee Ann DeVore

• Distributed by Cal-Am Artists
• Premiered on February 17, 1978 (El Paso, Texas) and, later, November 1, 1978 (Los Angeles, California)
• Runtime of 93 minutes
• RT Critic 13% // RT Audience 31% // Metacritic 35 // IMDb 5.2/10 // Letterboxd 2.7/5

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