Name: The Lollipop Cover
Genre: Drama
Released: 1965
Duration: 1 min 24 s
Cast: Don Gordon, Carol Seflinger, George Sawaya, Annette Valentine, Bek Nelson

Brief Synopsis

An ex-boxer meets a 9-year-old abandoned girl and together they hitchhike to California, where he must find a junkie who owes him money.

Cast & Crew

George Sawaya

Annette Valentine

Bek Nelson

Film Details

Genre

Drama

Release Date

Jan 1965

Premiere Information

San Francisco opening: 17 Nov 1965

Production Company

International Productions

Distribution Company

Continental Distributing, Inc.

Country

United States

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 24m

Synopsis

Nick Bartaloni, a disillusioned and cynical boxer, hitchhikes to Los Angeles to recover the money his sister was holding for his retirement. (She committed suicide and gave the money to her lover, a drug addict.) On his way to the coast he meets Felicity, a nine-year-old girl abandoned by her alcoholic father, and they travel on together. Her view of the world is the opposite of Nick's; she believes in the goodness of people and when events prove too sad for her she looks at the world through translucent lollipop wrappers, which give everything a rosy hue. Nick's search for the money is unsuccessful, but his bitter outlook changes as he learns to see life through Felicity's eyes.