Bad Ronald

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Bad Ronald ★★★ 1974

No, not a political biography of Ronald Reagan… Fascinating thriller about a disturbed teenager who kills a friend after being harassed repeatedly. The plot thickens after the boy's mother dies, and he is forced to hide out in a secret room when an unsuspecting family with three daughters moves into his house. The story is accurately recreated from the novel by John Holbrook Vance. 78m/C VHS . Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch, Dabney Coleman, Kim Hunter, John Fiedler; D: Buzz Kulik. TV

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