Daddy-O (film)

Daddy-O
Directed byLou Place
Written byDavid Moessinger
Produced byElmer C. Rhoden, Jr.
StarringDick Contino
Sandra Giles
Bruno VeSota
John McClure
CinematographyPerry Finnerman
Edited byRichard C. Currier
Music byJohn Williams
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • March 1959 (1959-03)
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Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$100,000

Daddy-O is a 1959 B-movie starring Dick Contino, Sandra Giles and Bruno VeSota. It was directed by Lou Place and written by David Moessinger. The film is notable for its soundtrack as being the debut film score for John Williams. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with Roadracers. It was later featured as a movie mocked by Mystery Science Theater 3000. Daddy-O was produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr. who also produced The Delinquents (1957) and The Cool and the Crazy (1958).

  1. ^ Gary A. Smith, American International Pictures: The Golden Years, Bear Manor Media 2013 p 104