Welcome to Arrow Beach
{{Short description|1974 American horror film directed by Laurence Harvey}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Welcome to Arrow Beach
| image = Welcome to Arrow Beach.jpg
| caption = Poster of release
| director = Laurence Harvey
| producer =
Laurence Harvey
Jack Cushingham
| writer =
Laurence Harvey
Jack Gross, Jr.
|based_on = story by Wallace Bennett
|starring =
Laurence Harvey
Joanna Pettet
Meg Foster
Stuart Whitman
John Ireland
| music = Tony Camillo
| cinematography = Gerald Perry Finnerman
| editing =
|studio = Brut Productions
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1974|05}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Welcome to Arrow Beach is a 1974 American horror film directed by and starring Laurence Harvey. Following its limited theatrical release, an edited version of the film was reissued in 1976 under the title Tender Flesh.{{cite web |title=Welcome to Arrow Beach |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55425 |website=AFI Catalog |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=22 July 2022}}
Plot
Robbin Stanley, a young hitchhiker, left stranded after a car crash and wandering on a California beach, is taken in by Jason Henry, a photographer and Korean War veteran, who lives in a nearby beach front house with his sister Grace. After Jason confides that Grace has some mental problems, Robbin soon begins to suspect that the opposite applies and that the mansion is home to some very strange goings-on.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Laurence Harvey as Jason Henry
- Joanna Pettet as Grace Henry
- Stuart Whitman as Deputy Rakes
- John Ireland as Sheriff Duke Bingham
- Meg Foster as Robbin Stanley
- Gloria LeRoy as Ginger
- David Macklin as Alex Heath
- Dodie Heath as Felice
- Altovise Davis as Deputy Molly
- Elizabeth St. Clair as Head Nurse
- Robert Lussier as Deputy Lippencourt
- Jesse Vint as Hot Rod Driver
- Tony Ballen as Pharmacist
- John Hart as Doctor
- Andy Romano as Bryant
- Florence Lake as Landlady
}}
Production
Filming began in February 1973. Harvey was very ill during the shoot from cancer. Harvey died in late 1973 before the film's release.{{cite news|title=Laurence Harvey as active as ever|author=Norma Lee Browning|work=Chicago Tribune|date=6 Aug 1973|page=c11}} Lou Rawls sings the opening song "Who Can Tell Us Why".
The full-length running time of the film is 99 minutes.
Reception
The film took a year to be released. The Los Angeles Times called the film "a dreary, tedious tale".{{Cite news|title=As the Worm Turns: 'Squirm'|author=Thomas, Kevin.|authorlink=Kevin Thomas (film critic)|date=Dec 17, 1976|work=Los Angeles Times|page=IV-21|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106060766/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Harvey said the film was "vaguely reminiscent of Suddenly Last Summer... it could be labeled a contemporary parable about innocence in a very sick world".{{Cite news|title=This Is 'Front Page' News: CARRY ON, CARRYCOT! AFTER "CABARET" SOME WELCOME! This Is Front Page' News|author=A. H. WEILER|date=Feb 4, 1973|work=New York Times|page=117}} He later called the film a thriller "which makes no comment on anything."{{Cite news|title=Laurence Harvey: Boy Scout figures are gone|author=Louise Sweeney Film critic of The|date=Oct 15, 1973|work=Christian Science Monitor|page=9}}
References
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