1979 American film
| Malibu High |
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 Theatrical release poster |
| Directed by | Irvin Berwick |
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| Written by | John Buckley
Tom Singer |
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| Produced by | Lawrence D. Foldes
Tom Singer |
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| Starring | Jill Lansing
Stuart Taylor
Katie Johnson
Phyllis Benson |
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| Cinematography | William DeDiego |
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| Edited by | Dan Perry |
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| Music by | Alan Tew |
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| Distributed by | Crown International Pictures |
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Release date | May 1979 |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
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| Country | United States |
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| Language | English |
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| Budget | $100,000[1] |
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| Box office | $8 million[1] |
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Malibu High is a 1979 American exploitation film directed by Irvin Berwick and starring Jill Lansing. The film led to a quasi-sequel, The Graduates of Malibu High.[1]
One song by Alan Tew, "The Big One", played during the film, was the inspiration to the theme song to The People's Court.[citation needed]
Synopsis
High school student Kim Bentley (Jill Lansing) is having a tough time of things at the moment, she has been dumped by her boyfriend Kevin (Stuart Taylor) for rich girl Annette (Tammy Taylor), her grades are slipping and she has no money, and all her mother (Phyllis Benson) seems to care about is cleaning. Kim tells her best friend Lucy (Katie Johnson) that the nonsense ends today. Kim's been feeling sorry for herself ever since her father hanged himself. She begins working for Tony the pimp (Alex Mann) and things start to look good for her, new clothes, new car and good grades. Annette begins to hate Kim even more and Kevin becomes jealous. Kim then meets Lance (Garth Howard) who frees her from turning tricks in a beat up old van which leads her to better clothes and nicer cars. Prostitution isn't the worst of it as Kim is forced to kill a man in self-defense when he tries to have his way with her being tied up. Kim becomes a hit woman and after murdering several people, including Annette and her father, she herself is killed on a deserted beach.
