The Last of the Ski Bums
Cast & Crew
Dick Barrymore
Ron Funk
Mike Zuetell
Ed Ricks
Dick Barrymore
Jean-claude Killy
Film Details
Synopsis
American ski bum Mike Zuetell meets veteran Ron Funk in France, and they set out together in a Volkswagen microbus to ski in the Alps. Along the way they pick up a third American, Ed Ricks. Their money soon runs out, but by employing a mathematical system developed in Zuetell's doctoral thesis on games of chance, they win a fortune at roulette in Monte Carlo. They buy a Porsche and visit the highest peaks in Europe, skiing and watching some of the world's greatest skiers. In their travels they meet famed mountain climber Gaston Rebuffat. When their money runs out again they return to Monte Carlo and sell the Porsche for capital. This time, however, they lose everything, and they set out on foot for further skiing adventures.
Director
Dick Barrymore
Cast
Ron Funk
Mike Zuetell
Ed Ricks
Dick Barrymore
Jean-claude Killy
Heini Messner
Gerhard Nenning
Bernard Orcel
Guy Périllat
Pepi Stiegler
Robert Didier
Désiré La Croix
Eddy La Croix
Gérard Verneret
Leonard Erhardter
Herbert Jochum
Roland Couttet
Yvon Masino
Lionel Wibault
Ted Johnson
Bill Tishman
Sam Southwick
Stephen Sodat
Gaston Rebuffat
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed in Aspen, Colorado; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Megève, Val d'Isère, Alpe-d'Huez, Courchevel, Chamonix, and Vallée Blanche, France; Zürs, Austria; Sestriere and Gran Monte, Italy; Switzerland; Monte Carlo; and the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand. Filmed in 16mm.
