Hideout in the Sun
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Hideout in the Sun is an American
1960
nudist film, written, produced and directed by Doris Wishman
. The film stars Greg Conrad, Dolores Carlos and Earl Bauer.
This is Wishman's first film. After her first husband (Jack Abrams)'s untimely death, she was looking for a way to distract herself and make some money, so she wrote a screenplay, borrowed $ 10,000 from her sister, Pearl, and started producing and directing the film. Through her previous experience working for a movie distributor, Joseph E. Levine, she knew how even a low budget film could earn revenue if only it was advertised well.
A recent change in legislature allowed the portraial of nudity
in a documentary context, which allowed Wishman to incorporate nudity into her story by letting the villains hide out in a nudist camp.
. The robbery succeeds, but the planned switching of cars in a parking lot fails because the next car's battery is dead. They force Dorothy (Carlos) to drive them away at gunpoint. The next planned step, to escape by boat, also fails because of the police presence at the harbor.
Dorothy works at a nudist camp fronting as an exclusive country club
. The brothers discover this after they are already inside her private cottage at the camp. Steve and Dorothy spend the afternoon mingling with the nude patrons and growing fond of each other while Duke waits for the phone call for the continued getaway by boat. In order to protect Dorothy as well as the other members of the club from Duke, Steve gets Duke to leave the camp with him in another stolen car.
At the 'Miami Serpentarium', Duke knocks out Steve and escapes into the serpentarium on foot. The police is alerted by a clerk, Duke hides in the cobra's enclosure, where he is attacked by the cobra and dies. Meanwhile, Steve returns to the nudist camp, proclaims his love for Dorothy and awaits his arrest.
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1960
1960 in film
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nudist film, written, produced and directed by Doris Wishman
Doris Wishman
Doris Wishman was an American film director, screenwriter and independent film producer....
. The film stars Greg Conrad, Dolores Carlos and Earl Bauer.
This is Wishman's first film. After her first husband (Jack Abrams)'s untimely death, she was looking for a way to distract herself and make some money, so she wrote a screenplay, borrowed $ 10,000 from her sister, Pearl, and started producing and directing the film. Through her previous experience working for a movie distributor, Joseph E. Levine, she knew how even a low budget film could earn revenue if only it was advertised well.
A recent change in legislature allowed the portraial of nudity
Nudity
Nudity is the state of wearing no clothing. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations and social considerations...
in a documentary context, which allowed Wishman to incorporate nudity into her story by letting the villains hide out in a nudist camp.
Plot
The brothers Duke and Steve Martin (Conrad and Bauer) rob a bank. Duke goes in while Steve waits in the getaway carGetaway car
A crime scene getaway is the act of fleeing the location where one has broken the law in order to avoid apprehension by law enforcement. It is an act that the offender may or may not have planned in detail, resulting in a variety of outcomes....
. The robbery succeeds, but the planned switching of cars in a parking lot fails because the next car's battery is dead. They force Dorothy (Carlos) to drive them away at gunpoint. The next planned step, to escape by boat, also fails because of the police presence at the harbor.
Dorothy works at a nudist camp fronting as an exclusive country club
Country club
A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...
. The brothers discover this after they are already inside her private cottage at the camp. Steve and Dorothy spend the afternoon mingling with the nude patrons and growing fond of each other while Duke waits for the phone call for the continued getaway by boat. In order to protect Dorothy as well as the other members of the club from Duke, Steve gets Duke to leave the camp with him in another stolen car.
At the 'Miami Serpentarium', Duke knocks out Steve and escapes into the serpentarium on foot. The police is alerted by a clerk, Duke hides in the cobra's enclosure, where he is attacked by the cobra and dies. Meanwhile, Steve returns to the nudist camp, proclaims his love for Dorothy and awaits his arrest.
Cast
- Greg Conrad as Duke Martin
- Dolores Carlos as Dorothy Courtney
- Earl Bauer as Steve Martin
- Carol Little as Betty
- Ann Richards as Ann
- Mary Jane Line as Mary
- Pat Reilly as Pat
- Fran Stacey as Fran
- Dick Falcon as Dick
- Richard Schmitz as George
- Olivia Ann Line as Olivia
- John C. Line as John
- Paul C. Line as Paul
- Walter Film as Rodriquez