Taglines: Let the sunshine in.
Ginger in the Morning movie storyline. Veteran art director Gordon Wiles occasionally wielded the directorial megaphone in both films and television with mixed results. Ginger in the Morning is an aggressively “small” picture, its success or failure totally reliant on the rapport between its stars. A young Sissy Spacek plays the title character, a gangly teenaged hitchhiker who thumbs a ride from travelling salesman Joe (Monte Markham).
He is drawn to her free-spirited outlook on life. She, in turn, is attracted by his conservative, old-fashioned values. Nothing much happens, but the scenery is lovely and the leading players seem to be having a good time. Also appearing in the all-TV supporting cast are Susan Oliver, Mark Miller and Slim Pickens.
Ginger in the Morning is a 1974 comedy-drama film starring Sissy Spacek as a hitchhiker. It was only the third theatrical film for Spacek, and the first American film appearance of Fred Ward. Other starring are Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Slim Pickens, Marion Charles, Beatrice Miller, Wendy Wiles, Beatrice Kay, Paul Eichenberg and Thomas J. Conlan.
Ginger in the Morning (1974)
Directed by: Gordon Wiles
Starring: Monte Markham, Susan Oliver, Mark Miller, Sissy Spacek, Slim Pickens, Fred Ward, Marion Charles, Beatrice Miller, Wendy Wiles, Beatrice Kay, Paul Eichenberg, Thomas J. Conlan
Screenplay by: Mark Miller
Cinematography by: William K. Jurgensen
Film Editing by: Chuck McClelland
Makeup Department: Mark Britton, Harry Maret
Music by: Don McGinnis
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Troma Entertainment
Release Date: July 1974 (United States)
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