The Skydivers

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The Skydivers

Directed by	Coleman Francis
Produced by	Anthony Cardoza
Written by	Coleman Francis
Starring	Kevin Casey Eric Tomlin Anthony Cardoza Marcia Knight Titus Moede Keith Walton Paul Francis Jimmy Bryant Harold Saunders
Music by	Stock Music
Cinematography	Austin McKinley Lee Strosnider
Editing by	Bob Lusby
Distributed by	Crown International Pictures
Release date(s)	November 13, 1963 (USA)
Running time	75 min.
Language	English
Budget	Unknown
Gross revenue	Unknown
IMDb profile

The Skydivers is a 1963 film directed by Coleman Francis. It stars Kevin Casey (who is female), Eric Tomlin, Anthony Cardoza, and Marcia Knight. The film contains performances by influential Nashville guitarist Jimmy Bryant. After being forgotten for three decades it got a second life in 1994, serving the basis for a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode.

At a tiny airfield in a small, dusty California town, husband-wife team Harry and Beth run a jump school. The husband rebukes his old girlfriend, Suzy, who hooks up with his fired mechanic Frankie to seek revenge.

The film ends with a curiously grim credit sequence of star names and head shots, but no music.

At one point, the film was the lowest-rated of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

[edit] DVD releases

The MST3K version of the film (accompanied by the uncut version, included as a bonus feature) was released by Rhino Home Video as part of the Collection, Volume 1 DVD set.