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Bad Ronald is a american film of genre Drama directed by Buzz Kulik released in USA on 23 october 1974 with Scott Jacoby
Bad Ronald (1974)
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Bad Ronald is a television film that aired in 1974, starring Scott Jacoby, Kim Hunter, Dabney Coleman and sisters Lisa and Cindy Eilbacher. It is based on the book of the same title by Jack Vance.
After being out of print for years following its initial VHS release in the 1980s, the film was reissued on DVD in August 2009, as part of the manufacture-on-demand Warner Archive Collection.
Synopsis
Ronald Wilby (Scott Jacoby) is a socially inept, awkward high school youth with budding artistic talent and a predilection for fantasy, who is often ridiculed for his behavior and mannerisms. His overprotective mother, Elaine (Kim Hunter of the first three Planet of the Apes films) is in need of surgery and plans for Ronald to become a doctor and cure her illness. Ronald's father has not been heard from in years, having divorced his mother and then agreeing to terminate his parental rights in exchange for not having to pay child support.Actors
Scott Jacoby
(Ronald Wilby)
Kim Hunter
(Elaine Wilby)
Pippa Scott
(Mrs. Wood)
John Larch
(Sgt. Lynch)
Dabney Coleman
(Mr. Wood)
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