TheNastyRabbit1964 mp4

Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.

Directed by
James Landis

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jim Critchfield
Arch Hall Sr. (as Arch Hall)

Cast (in credits order)
Michael Terr ... Mischa Lowzoff (as Mischa Terr)
Arch Hall Jr. ... Britt Hunter

Liz Renay ... Cecelia Solomon (as Melissa Morgan)
Arch Hall Sr. ... Marshall Malout / Malcolm McKinley (as William Watters)
Hal Bizzy ... Heinrich Krueger
Jack Little ... Maxwell Stoppie
Ray Vegas ... Pancho Gonzales
John Akana ... Col. Kobayaski
Sharon Ryker ... Jackie Gavin
Hal Bokar ... Gavin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Richard Kiel ... Ranch foreman (uncredited)

László Kovács ... The Idiot (uncredited)
George J. Morgan ... Hubert Jackson (uncredited)
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Produced by
Arch Hall Sr. .... producer (as Nicholas Merriwether)

Cinematography by
Vilmos Zsigmond (as William Zsigmond)

Film Editing by
Anthony M. Lanza

Art Direction by
Don Schneider

Makeup Department
Rafaelle Harrod .... makeup artist

Production Management
Don Russell .... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Reed .... assistant director (as D. Reed III)

Art Department
Vic Goss .... property master

Sound Department
Bob Dietz .... sound
Roger Sword .... sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
László Kovács .... assistant camera

Music Department
Sidney Cutner .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Michael Heindorf .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Howard Jackson .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Paul Sawtell .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Bert Shefter .... composer: stock music (uncredited)



User Review #1:
The Arch Hall version of It's A Mad Mad Mad World - 20 February 2005
The films produced by Arch Hall Sr. and starring Arch Hall Jr. are overall an entertaining lot, considering the low budgets. They made a juvenile delinquent film (the Choppers), a horror comedy (Eegah), a rock and roll film in the Jailhouse Rock vein (Wild Guitar), a gritty crime film (the Sadist), and eventually a western (Deadwood '76), so it's not a surprise that they would make a slapstick comedy, and since this was made right after IT'S A MAD MAD MAD WORLD, I'm assuming the filmmakers saw this as in that vein, with a little rock and roll thrown in. Arch Jr. plays Britt Hunter, a rock and roll singing spy who is assigned to defeat a Russian agent who is carrying a rabbit that is carrying a vial of lethal bacteria...or something like that. A bunch of Keystone Cops-style international spies--played as broad ethnic stereotypes reminiscent of Jerry Lewis's "japanese" characters--are also after the rabbit and the Russian. If I saw this at a rural drive-in with a few kids in the car and maybe a beer or two in my system, I think it would work quite well as a film. I remember seeing this on TV as a kid and thinking it was as funny as, say, a typical Beverly Hillbillies episode. Arch Hall, a bit nervous on-screen in The Choppers, his first film, was relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera by this time, and he does a good job, looking good and acting cool. I don't know why this film is bashed so much-- I'd put it on the same shelf with the 1966 rock and roll spy parody OUT OF SIGHT, except that that film had a much bigger budget and was made by a big studio, Universal. The Nasty Rabbit is MEANT to be a ridiculous, exaggerated slapstick comedy played on such a broad level that children would enjoy it. The color photography is nice (and the Rhino VHS video is letter-boxed!), and considering the small budget that the Halls surely had to work with, they made an entertaining product. Where else can you see Arch Hall Sr. in a dual role--in fact, near the end of the film, he is playing in the same scene with himself!

User Review #2:
Finally...a film I just couldn't finish watching because it was THAT bad! - 1 March 2009
I have done well over 6000 reviews on IMDb and this might just be the first film I just couldn't bring myself to finish because it was so utterly horrible. Understand that I have watched SANTA CLAUS VS. THE MARTIANS, all of Ed Wood's films from the 1950s and countless other "bad films" (including EEGAH--also by Arch Hall Jr. and Sr.), so it's not like I don't have the stomach to sit through a bad film. However, this one just irritated me so much and the film was so pathetic that I had to turn it off to cleanse my mind! Trust me--the current rating of 1.9 is way too high!!

The film is a comedy(?) about a Soviet spy that has come to America to release a deadly talking bunny that has some sort of killer virus or something. The guy playing the Russian is an idiot and is one of the worst actors I've seen in some time....that is OTHER than most of the rest of the cast! In fact, one of the better actors was Arch Hall, Jr.--the acting(?) was that bad.

As far as comedies go, I have seen surgical films that were funnier. Another spy parody of the day, LAST OF THE SECRET AGENTS (starring the totally unfunny Marty Allen and Steve Rossi) is like a Merchant-Ivory production along side this turkey. Horrible writing, acting, directing and a talking rabbit--this film is even worse than most of the YouTube videos "clever" teens make and post online. I would rather have raw sewage poured on me than watch this film to the end!!

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File size : 991 MiB
Duration : 1h 29mn
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Encoded date : UTC 2011-12-26 12:31:00
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