''Daddy's Boys'' is a 1988 American film. The film was directed by

Joseph Minion Joseph Minion (born 1957) is an American screenwriter, producer and film director, best known for his screenplays for the 1985 film '' After Hours'' and the 1989 cult film ''Vampire's Kiss''. Biography Born in New Jersey in 1957, Minion briefl ...

, and the screenplay was written by

Daryl Haney Daryl Haney (born June 21, 1963 in Charlottesville, Virginia), also known by the pen names Duke Haney and D. R. Haney, is an American actor, screenwriter, novelist, and essayist. Film career Born to a Virginia farming family, Haney relocated ...

Cast

*Daryl Haney as Jimmy *Laura Burkett as Christie *Raymond J Barry as Daddy *Dan Shor as Hawk *Christian Clemenson as Otis *Ellen Gerstein as Henrietta; Madame Wang *Robert V Barron as Axelrod *Paul Linke as Traveling Salesman *

John Voldstad John Ole Voldstad (born February 20, 1951) is an American television and film actor best known for his role as one of the brothers Darryl on ''Newhart''. He played "my other brother Darryl", the one with the curlier, lighter colored hair. Life an ...

as Motorist *Hinton Battle as Piano Player *Jessica Nelson as Waitress *Jonathan Emerson as Receptionist

Production

Roger Corman Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American film director, producer, and actor. He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works t ...

later wrote in his memoirs he was feeling frustrated by spending too much of his time on bookkeeping and contracts. He was nostalgic for the days when he would make films over a very short period of time using standing sets from other movies, such as ''The Terror'' and ''Little Shop of Horrors''. He was filming ''

Big Bad Mama II ''Big Bad Mama II'' is a 1987 American action–crime– sexploitation comedy film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Jim Wynorski, starring Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois and Julie McCullough. While it has been identified as a ...

'' and decided to finance a film using that film's sets. He wanted to do a gangster film called ''Mama's Boys'' and offered it to

who had written '' After Hours''. Minion's fee was only $5,000, but Corman guaranteed he would be filming within ten days. Mignon wrote the script with Daryl Haney who also starred. They turned the film into a male story, and renamed it ''Daddy's Boys''. Corman estimated the budget at $300,000 and said it made a small profit after being released theatrically in Europe and on video in the US.

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