Movie: The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder

Top 10 Billed Cast

Timothy Bottoms
Timothy Bottoms

Vrooder

Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey

Zanni (as Barbara Seagull)

George Marshall
George Marshall

Corky

Lawrence Pressman
Lawrence Pressman

Passki

Albert Salmi
Albert Salmi

Splint

Richard Dysart
Richard Dysart

Father

Dena Dietrich
Dena Dietrich

Mother

Michael Cristofer
Michael Cristofer

Alessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer)

Jack Colvin
Jack Colvin

Sergeant

Andrew Duncan
Andrew Duncan

Chaplain

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    After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.

  • Release Date

    1974-10-17

  • Average

    5.556

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    If they think you're crazy, you can get away with anything.

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  • Languages:

    English
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