Welcome to Arrow Beach

Welcome to Arrow Beach
Directed by Laurence Harvey
Produced by Laurence Harvey
Jack Cushingham
Written by Laurence Harvey
Jack Goss Jnr
Based on story by Wallace Bennett
Starring Laurence Harvey
Joanna Pettet
Meg Foster
Stuart Whitman
John Ireland
Music by Tony Camillo
Cinematography Gerald Perry Finnerman
Production
company
Brut Productions
Release dates
1974
Country United States
Language English

Welcome to Arrow Beach is a 1974 American horror film starring and directed by Laurence Harvey.

Harvey said the film was "vaguely reminiscent of Suddenly Last Summer... it could be labeled a contemporary parable about innocence in a very sick world".[1] He later called the film a thriller "which makes no comment on anything."[2]

Filming began in February 1973. Harvey was very ill during the shoot from cancer. Harvey died in late 1973 before the film's release.[3]

Plot

A hippie girl wandering on a California beach is taken in by a Korean War veteran who lives in a nearby mansion with his sister. The girl soon begins to suspect that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.

Cast

Reception

The film took three years to be released. The Los Angeles Times called the film "a dreary, tedious tale".[4]

References

  1. This Is 'Front Page' News: CARRY ON, CARRYCOT! AFTER "CABARET" SOME WELCOME! This Is Front Page' News By A. H. WEILER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 04 Feb 1973: 117.
  2. Laurence Harvey: Boy Scout figures are gone By Louise Sweeney Film critic of The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor (1908-Current file) [Boston, Mass] 15 Oct 1973: 9.
  3. Laurence Harvey as active as ever Norma Lee Browning. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 06 Aug 1973: c11.
  4. As the Worm Turns: 'Squirm' Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 17 Dec 1976: g21.
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