Sixth and Main
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| name = Sixth and Main
| image =
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| director = Christopher Cain
| producer = Christopher Cain
| writer = Christopher Cain
| starring = Leslie Nielsen
Beverly Garland
Roddy McDowall
Leo Penn
Joe Maross
Bard Stevens
Sharon Thomas
| music = Bob Summers
| cinematography = Hilyard John Brown
| editing = Ken Johnson
| distributor = National Cinema Network
| released = {{Film date|1977}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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Sixth and Main is a 1977 American drama film directed by Christopher Cain and starring Leslie Nielsen and Beverly Garland.
Plot
Monica (Beverly Garland) decides to spend time in the slums of Los Angeles to absorb the atmosphere for a book she is planning to write.{{sfn|Nash|Ross|1985|p=2955}}
She becomes interested in the tall, quiet derelict who calls himself John Doe (Leslie Nielsen), whose transient friends include an unlicensed doctor known as Doc (Leo Penn), a legless newsstand operator named Skateboard (Roddy McDowall), and the heroin addict and hooker Peanut (Gammy Burdett).
She trails John Doe to his home, a rundown trailer in a junkyard.{{sfn|Mitchell|2004|p=220}}
She decides to rehabilitate him.
She does not know that he was formerly a successful screenwriter.{{sfn|Del Vecchio|2012|p=220}}
Cast
Sixth and Main stars Leslie Nielsen as "John Doe", Roddy McDowall as "Skateboard", Leo Penn as "Doc", and Beverly Garland as "Monica Cord".
Other actors include Gammy Burdett, Joe Maross, Bill Erwin and Edwin Mills.{{sfn|Del Vecchio|2012|p=220}}
Production
Sixth and Main is a 104 minute color film that was released through National Cinema in September 1977.
Christopher Cain was writer, producer and director.{{sfn|Del Vecchio|2012|p=220}}
Critical reception
Variety (31 August 1977) described it as a "very professionally made low-budgeter... The film is earthy without being vulgar.{{sfn|Elley|2000|p=1124}}
The Hollywood Reporter (31 August 1977) praised Chris Cain's skillful direction and Beverly Garland's acting, but said of the plot that it "waffles between wonderfully naturalistic scenes and whole passages filled with overwrought idealistic notions."{{sfn|Del Vecchio|2012|p=220}}
Citations
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Sources
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- {{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OwGzL2yVSmMC&pg=PA220 |accessdate=2021-10-11 |page=220
|last=Del Vecchio|first=Deborah |publisher=McFarland |date=19 December 2012 |title=Beverly Garland: Her Life and Career|isbn=9780786465019 }}
- {{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ErmAkemqxscC&q=%22Sixth+and+Main%22+1977 |accessdate=2021-10-11
|last=Elley |first=Derek |title=Variety Portable Movie Guide |publisher=Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated |year=2000|isbn=9780425175507
}}
- {{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Charles P. |title=Filmography of Social Issues: A Reference Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-32037-8 |page=220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ueJkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sixth+and+Main%22+%22Nielsen%22+-wikipedia.org |language=en}}
- {{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94kjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Sixth+and+Main%22+1977 |accessdate=2021-10-11
|last1=Nash |first1=Jay Robert |first2=Stanley Ralph |last2=Ross |title=The Motion Picture Guide |volume=7 |publisher=Cinebooks |year=1985|isbn=9780933997073
}}
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0076719|title=Sixth and Main}}
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{{Christopher Cain}}
Category:1970s English-language films