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Howzer is a 1973 American independent film directed by Ken Laurence.[1][2][3] It was produced by Philip Clarke Kaufman.[4] Laurence wrote the screenplay.[5] It was a U.R.I. Productions film.[6] The film's cast included Peter Desiante, Melissa Stocking,[7] and Royal Dano.[8] It had a two week premiere at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1973.[9] The film was reviewed by the magazine Variety.[10]

Plot

The plot features a 12 year-old boy and a 14 year-old girl leaving middle class suburbia for a journey to Los Angeles.[9][11][12]

Cast

  • Royal Dano as Nick Murack
  • Olive Deering as Mary Carver
  • Virgil Frye as Joe Day
  • Peter Desiante as Howard "Howzer" Carsell
  • Melissa Stocking as Debora Carsell
  • William Gray as Albert Murack
  • Edmund Gilbert as Edward Carsell
  • Allyn Ann McLerie as Faye Carsell
  • Elaine Partnow
  • Wonderful Smith
  • Stephen Vaughan
  • David Dean
  • Ed Van Nordic

References

  1. ↑ "Trials and Tribulations of AFI". The Los Angeles Times. September 2, 1973. p. 370. Retrieved July 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "Other Films Are". Daily News. New York, New York. October 3, 1973. p. 79. Retrieved July 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. ↑ John Willis' Screen World. Crown. 1974. p. 117 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Howzer (1973)". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  5. ↑ Aros, Andrew A. (February 10, 1977). Title Guide to the Talkies: 1964-1974. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 120. ISBN 9780810809765 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "New York Times Film Reviews". The New York Times. New York Times & Arno Press. February 10, 1975. p. 120. ISBN 9780405066788 – via Google Books.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  7. ↑ "Howzer (1973)". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 7, 1983. p. 92. Retrieved July 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  8. ↑ Monush, Barry (April 2003). The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 171. ISBN 9781480329980 – via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 "Howzer' Shown at the Whitney Museum: The Cast". The New York Times. October 19, 1973. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Variety Film Reviews 1971-1974". Variety. Vol. 13. Garland Pub. 1989. p. 2 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ ""Howser"". Newsday. Hempstead, New York. October 13, 1973. p. 30. Retrieved July 22, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  12. ↑ "Movies Around Town". New York. Vol. 6, no. 44. New York Media, LLC. October 29, 1973. p. 13. ISSN 0028-7369 – via Google Books.
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