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The Manipulator (B.J. Lang Presents) (1971)

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Release Date: Dec 15, 1971 Wide

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This cheapo melodrama was filmed in 1971, long before Mickey Rooney's celebrated comeback via The Black Stallion. Rooney plays a looney film director who acts out his fantasies before an audience of one: an ingenue whom he has kidnapped and spirited away to a deserted movie warehouse. "B"-film perennial Luana Anders also appears in this R-rated thriller. Evidently never released theatrically, B.J. Lang Presents found a home on cable television in the mid-1980s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Yabo Yablonsky

In Theaters: Dec 15, 1971 Wide

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A must-see for Rooney's phenomenal performance of an utterly mad man who believes he's making a great film but is really holed up in an old film lot building with a young performer as a captive. Layered over the film and paralleled in the plot is the tragic story of Cyrano de Bergerac who dies unloved by his beloved

November 12, 2009

Paris Finley

Mickey Rooney gives a way over the top performance, but at least he does try. It's not a very interesting film, I couldn't seem to develop an interest in the story. Cheesy production.

March 31, 2008

James Higgins

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