Stigma (1972 film)

Stigma
Directed byDavid E. Durston
Written byDavid E. Durston
Produced byCharles Moss
Starring
CinematographyRobert M. Baldwin
Edited byMurray Solomon
Music byJacques Urbont
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Stigma is a 1972 American drama film. It was produced by Charles Moss,[1] while David E. Durston was both the writer and the director.[2] Prominent themes in the film include racism and sexually transmitted disease.[3] It stars Philip Michael Thomas in an early screen appearance, twelve years before he starred in the popular 1980s TV show Miami Vice.

Plot

Set in a remote California community, the film follows a doctor (Philip Michael Thomas) who learns a super form of syphilis is appearing among the residents. He and a few others must race against time to find the carrier before others fall victim.

Reception

The New York Times called it "a crackling good suspense melodrama".[4] The Los Angeles Times called it a "lively little drama... sturdy and involving."[5] By contrast, Leonard Maltin rated the film a "bomb", dismissing it as an "absurd melodrama".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Randall Rutledge (2008). From Movie City to Music City, USA. Randall Rutledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-9821496-0-7.
  2. ^ Richard Gertner; William Pay (1985). International Television Almanac, 1985. Quigley Pub. Co. p. 76. ISBN 0-900610-33-6.
  3. ^ Michael Lee Lanning (1994). Vietnam at the Movies. Fawcett Columbine. p. 318. ISBN 0-449-90891-7.
  4. ^ Thompson, Howard (19 August 1972). "VD Warning is Good Suspense Film". The New York Times. p. 28.
  5. ^ Thomas, Kevin (23 February 1973). "Films deal with Heroin, VD". The Los Angeles Times. p. IV-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Maltin, Leonard, ed. (1983). TV Movies. New York: New American Library. p. 732.