''Body Fever'' or ''Super Cool'' is a 1969 American low-budget crime drama film, directed by

Ray Dennis Steckler Ray Dennis Steckler (January 25, 1938 – January 7, 2009), also known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor best known as the low-budget auteur of such cult films as ''The Incredibly Stran ...

. It stars Carolyn Brandt as a cat burglar and

Bernard Fein Bernard Fein (November 13, 1926 – September 10, 1980) was an American actor, television producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for co-creating and associate producing the 1960s television sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes''; a show w ...

as a down and out detective searching for her.

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mentions that in the film a "lackadaisical gumshoe is caught between a glamorous thief, a gang of ruthless hoodlums and a handful of vicious drug peddlers in this quirky crime drama". Steckler created a bit part for then destitute fellow director

Coleman Francis Coleman Chambers Francis (January 24, 1919 – January 15, 1973) was an American actor, writer, producer and director. He was best known for his film trilogy consisting of ''The Beast of Yucca Flats'' (1961), ''The Skydivers'' (1963) and ''R ...

. Francis died just a few years later in 1973.

Cast

* Carolyn Brandt as Carrie Erskine *

as Big Mack *

Gary Kent Gary Kent (born June 7, 1933) is an American film director, actor, and stuntperson notable for his appearances in various independent, grindhouse and exploitation films. A native of Washington, Kent studied at the University of Washington before ...

as Frankie Roberts * Brett Pearson as Brett * Herb Robins as Herbie *

as Charles Smith *

as Coley * Dina Bryan as Stella * Julie Conners as Shawn Call * Brett Zeller as Carol Hollister

Reception

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'' notes that though Steckler's films had displayed a "steady decline" during this period, ''Body Fever'' was the exception.

References

External links

* 1969 films 1969 crime drama films American crime drama films 1960s American films {{1960s-crime-film-stub