The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
De schlemielige Seymour Krelboin (Jonathan Haze) werkt in een bloemenwinkel, waar hij, zonder dat hij het weet, een intelligente plant cultiveert. Seymour noemt de plant ‘Audrey Junior’, naar zijn vriendin Audrey (Jackie Joseph). Er zit echter één minpuntje aan ‘Audrey Junior’, ze voedt zich met mensenvlees! Sterker nog: de plant vráágt om mensenvlees, ze zegt “Feed Me! FEED ME!”. Een kleine maar geniale bijrol wordt vertolkt door ‘ster-in-wording’ Jack Nicholson. Een hilarische klucht zonder pretenties.
Regiseur:
Roger Corman
Schrijver:
Charles B. Griffith
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Jonathan Haze as Seymour Krelboined |
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Jackie Joseph as Audrey Fulquard |
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Mel Welles as Gravis Mushnick |
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Dick Miller as Burson Fouch |
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Myrtle Vail as Winifred Krelboined |
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Karyn Kupcinet as Shirley |
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Toby Michaels as Teenage Girl |
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Wally Campo as Det. Sgt. Joe Fink / Narrator |
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Jack Nicholson as Wilbur Force |
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Leola Wendorff as Siddie Shiva |
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Lynn Storey as Mrs. Hortense Feuchtwanger |
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Jack Warford as Det. Frank Stoolie |
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Meri Welles as Leonora Clyde |
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John Herman Shaner as Dr. Phoebus Farb |
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Dodie Drake as Waitress |
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Charles B. Griffith as Screaming Patient/ Audrey Junior (voice) / Burglar (uncredited) |
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Frank Mills as Man in Crowd Outside Shop (uncredited) |
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Jack Griffin as Drunk (uncredited) |
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Robert Coogan as Tramp (uncredited) |
| Directing | Roger Corman | Director |
| Production | Roger Corman | Producer |
| Art | Daniel Haller | Art Direction |
| Writing | Charles B. Griffith | Screenplay |
| Crew | Vilis Lapenieks | Cinematography |
| Sound | Ronald Stein | Music |
| Directing | Mel Welles | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Charles B. Griffith | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Jim Dixon | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Marshall Neilan Jr. | Editor |
| Camera | Archie R. Dalzell | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Fred Katz | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Thomas | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Roger Corman | Writer |
| Directing | Richard Dixon | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Philip Mitchell | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Karl Brainard | Property Master |