The Bloody Brood

Name: The Bloody Brood
Director: Julian Roffman
Released: 1959
Duration: 88 min
Cast: Barbara Lord, Jack Betts, Peter Falk, Ron Hartmann, Robert Christie

1959

Dir. Julian Roffman

1h 28m

USA

Synopsis

Nico, a drug dealer, murders a telegram messenger-boy "for kicks", egged on by partner-in-crime, TV director Francis. Cliff, the boy's older brother, investigates his death due to the slow progress made by the police.

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Julian Roffman

Director

Julian Roffman

1915 – 2000

Julian Roffman was a cross-border director who made most of his films in the United States. He was responsible for two notable low-budget horror films: The Bloody Brood and The Mask, the first feature to use 3-D in Canada. He studied film in New York and in 1940 joined the NFB where he became responsible for the Armed Service Production program. In the late 1950s, he joined forces with distributor…

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