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Western-themed sexploitation romp combining Jerry Shafer's unreleased nudie cutie The Wide Open Spaces with Francis Coppola's student short The Peeper. In a Sunset Strip burlesque club, a miner and a moralist plot an explosion at midnight, sharing tales of desire and hypocrisy as they drink and watch the show.
Aug 1962
An early student short directed by Francis Ford Coppola while studying at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television. The film served as the basis for his first feature, Tonight for Sure (1962), incorporating scenes and ideas first developed in this project.