Ruby (1977 film)

Ruby
Theatrical poster
Directed byCurtis Harrington
Written by
Produced by
  • George Edwards
  • Steve Krantz
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Mendenhall
Edited byWilliam Magee
Music byDon Ellis
Distributed byDimension Pictures
Release date
  • June 29, 1977 (1977-06-29)[1]
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000
Box office$16 million[2] or $2,233,128[3]

Ruby is a 1977 American supernatural horror film directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, and Roger Davis. Its plot follows a former gun moll in 1951 Florida who operates a drive-in theater, where bizarre supernatural occurrences begin to plague her staff of ex-mobsters, as well as her mute daughter.[4]

  1. ^ "Ruby". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Los Angeles, California: American Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Fred Olen Ray, The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors, McFarland, 1991, p 158
  3. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 295. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. ^ RUBY (Curtis Harrington, 1977) on Vimeo