Haunts of the Very Rich
Haunts of the Very Rich is a 1972 made-for-TV thriller, broadcast as an ABC Movie of the Week.
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| Genre | Drama Thriller |
| Written by | T.K. Brown III William P. Wood |
| Directed by | Paul Wendkos |
| Starring | Lloyd Bridges Cloris Leachman Edward Asner Anne Francis Tony Bill |
| Theme music composer | Dominic Frontiere |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Lillian Gallo |
| Production location(s) | Miami Villa Vizcaya - 3251 S. Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida |
| Cinematography | Ben Colman |
| Editor(s) | Fredric Steinkamp |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Production company(s) | ABC Circle Films |
| Distributor | ABC |
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| Original network | ABC |
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Plot
A group of rich tourists and business people fly to a mysterious tropical resort, the Portals of Eden, hosted by Seacrist. There, they spend their time relaxing and being pampered in paradise. Following a storm after their first night, the guests suddenly find themselves all alone, with dwindling supplies, without communication with the outside world, and abandoned by the resort staff. The guests discover they have each recently experienced a brush with death, and they try to determine what it means. As time passes, they receive clues about their fate. First, a promise by a shuttle driver, that rescue is on its way. Then, they are visited by what appears to be help from a boat. They are informed that the vessel must take emergency supplies to a neighboring island and that they will return shortly. The anxious guests begin to believe that they will never be rescued and that they may be dead. They believe this because they continue to be teased by rescue efforts that never follow through. Finally, they hear a plane that is supposed to come to rescue them, only to realize that the plane continues to fly away.
Cast
- Lloyd Bridges as Dave Woodrough
- Cloris Leachman as Ellen Blunt
- Edward Asner as Al Hunsicker
- Anne Francis as Annette Larrier
- Tony Bill as Lyle Dugan
- Donna Mills as Laurie Dugan
- Robert Reed as Rev. John Fellows
- Moses Gunn as Seacrist
- Beverly Gill as Miss Vick
- Todd Martin as Harris
Production notes
Haunts of the Very Rich was filmed around the Miami, Florida area, with the resort scenes filmed at Villa Vizcaya.
See also
External links
- Haunts of the Very Rich on IMDb
- Film Threat Bootleg Files: "Haunts of the Very Rich"
- Film summary at Fandango.com