Cinema Distributors of America
Directed by James Landis
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Retromedia)
Colorado farm boy Schuyler Hayden hops a freight train to California. He loses his belongings and guitar when chased by railroad workers, but soon seduces a lonely housewife and finds a bed for the night. He takes her money and heads to Hollywood where he buys a guitar in a pawn shop. He stumbles on a performance by a teen idol in front of screaming girls and finds his life calling. The first thing he does is disfigure the competition by setting his car on fire! He talks his way into the singer's manager's office and gets an audition. The manager decides to make him the next big thing and they are soon rolling in the money. Hayden indulges in alcohol, parties and girls, and gets an underage fan pregnant. So what does he do, murder her of course! The manager finds out and he is left alone in the studio, presumably ruining his career. The pursuit of fame at any cost is taken to its logical extreme. It may be unrealistic, but Hayden plays it to the hilt.
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