Sergeant Deadhead
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Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
AIP Production #6510/6553
Jeff and Cheryl perform an interstellar experiment to determine if two Frankie Avalons are better than one in Sergeant Deadhead.
Produced by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff
Written by Louis M. Heyward
Directed by Norman Taurog
Cast:
Frankie Avalon as Sergeant O. K. Deadhead/Sergeant Donovan
Deborah Walley as Airman Lucy Turner
Cesar Romero as Admiral Stoneham
Fred Clark as Gen. Rufus Fogg
Gale Gordon as Captain Weiskopf
Harvey Lembeck as Private McEvoy
John Ashley as Private Filroy
Buster Keaton as Private Blinken
Reginald Gardiner as Lieutenant Commander Talbott
Pat Buttram as The President
Eve Arden as Lieutenant Kinsey
Romo Vincent as Tuba Player
Donna Loren as Susan
Mike Nader as Air Policeman
Ed Faulkner as Lt. Dixon
Norman Grabowski as Air Policeman
Tod Windsor as Sgt. Keeler
Patti Chandler as Patti
Luree Holmes as Luree
Mary Hughes as W.A.F.
Salli Sachse as Sue Ellen
Bobbi Shaw as Gilda
Sue Hamilton as Ivy
Ed Reimers as Ed Reimers–Newscaster
John Hiestand as John Heistand–Newscaster
Ray Atkinson as Marine MP
Bob Harvey as Bellhop
Jerry Brutsche as Newspaper Vendor
Andy Romano as Marine MP
Don Edwards as Marine MP
Bruce Baker as Marine MP
Ray Sittin as Marine MP
Taggart Casey as Barman
Jo Collins as Gail
Astrid De Brea as W.A.F.
Jean Ingram as W.A.F.
Peggy Ward as W.A.F.
Stephanie Nader as W.A.F.
Lyzanne Ladue as W.A.F.
Janice Levinson as W.A.F.
Alberta Nelson as W.A.F.
Sallie Dornan as Decretary
Dwayne Hickman as Dwayne
John Macchia as Marine MP (uncredited)
An Alta Vista Production
An American International Picture
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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)
