The Bloody Brood
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1h 11m
Directed by Julian Roffman | 80 mins | 1959
A pioneering work of Canuxploitation, Roffman’s feature debut stars Jack Betts as a straight-and-narrow cat who, investigating his brother’s death from eating a hamburger seasoned with ground glass, descends to a seedy underworld of beatnik baddies, a druggy cult commanded by a self-appointed prophet—a plummy Peter Falk, gnashing scenery in his first film.
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