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Before turning to comic books, draughtsman Pat Boyette produced a talk show, a puppet show as well as various TV commercials in the 1950s, but also directed three low-budget films in the early 1960s: ''Dungeon of Harrow'' (a color horror film, released 1962), '''''The Weird Ones''''' (a regional sexploitation comedy, 1962) and ''No Man's Land'' (a 1964 war film very little is known about).
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'''''The Weird Ones''''' is a low-budget 1962 sexploitation comedy film directed, written, and produced by Pat Boyette. The 76-minute black and white film was shot in San Antonio, TX, and it was screened for the first time in February 1962.


Written, directed and produced by Boyette, the 76-minute black and white film ''The Weird Ones'' was shot in his natal city of San Antonio, TX, then was screened for the first time in February 1962.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056684 IMDb page for the film.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14.</ref> The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who stem to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/116229/The-Weird-Ones/overview A short review of the film by Hal Erickson, via nytimes.com.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14.</ref> In order to lead the Astronik into a trap, the protagonists use an extra-terrestrial "Cosmo-Cutie" as a bait, this character serving as a pretext for several softcore erotica scenes.
The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who team up to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/116229/The-Weird-Ones/overview New York Times review of the film Hal Erickson.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14</ref> In order to lead the Astronik into a trap, the protagonists use an extra-terrestrial "Cosmo-Cutie" as bait, this character serving as a pretext for several softcore erotica scenes.


All negatives, related promotional materials and copies of ''The Weird Ones'' were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA309 A page from Brian Albright's ''Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews'', featuring a short section on the movie.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14.</ref> Whether or not another copy is held by the theatrical distributor is open to conjecture, as "Crescent International Pictures" has shown no signs of life since 1969, with just a few sex-oriented movies of dubious quality under their belt.
All negatives, related promotional materials, and copies of ''The Weird Ones'' were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=tSH25LXGOksC&pg=PA309 A page from Brian Albright's ''Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews'', featuring a short section on the film.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14</ref> Whether or not another copy is held by the theatrical distributor is open to conjecture, as "Crescent International Pictures" has shown no signs of life since 1969, with just a few sexploitation films of questionable quality under their belt.
 
==External Link==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056684 IMDb page for the film.] Retrieved 01 Jun '14


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Surviving theatrical poster.

Status: Lost

The Weird Ones is a low-budget 1962 sexploitation comedy film directed, written, and produced by Pat Boyette. The 76-minute black and white film was shot in San Antonio, TX, and it was screened for the first time in February 1962.

The film is reportedly about a couple of press agents (acted by Mike Braden and Rudy Duran) specialized in promoting naked women, who team up to stop the Astronik, a space alien devoted to torture and murder young ladies.[1] In order to lead the Astronik into a trap, the protagonists use an extra-terrestrial "Cosmo-Cutie" as bait, this character serving as a pretext for several softcore erotica scenes.

All negatives, related promotional materials, and copies of The Weird Ones were, according to Boyette himself, destroyed in a garage fire, with only the theatrical poster surviving.[2] Whether or not another copy is held by the theatrical distributor is open to conjecture, as "Crescent International Pictures" has shown no signs of life since 1969, with just a few sexploitation films of questionable quality under their belt.

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