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The Student Body

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The Student Body
Directed byGus Trikonis
Written byHubert Smith
Produced byEd Carlin
StarringWarren Stevens
Jillian Kesner
Janice Heiden
June Fairchild
Music byDon Bagley
Production
company
Brandywine
Distributed bySurrogate (1976 release)
Release dates
  • May 1976 (1976-05)
  • 1981 (1981) (reissue)
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,075,000 (1981 issue)[1]

The Student Body is a 1976 American exploitation film directed by Gus Trikonis. It was also known as The Classroom Teasers.

Premise

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A psychiatrist arranges to test a drug on three girls who are fresh out of reformatory. The girls are unaware they are being tested on.

Cast

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  • Warren Stevens as Dr. Blalock
  • Jillian Kesner as Carrie
  • Janice Heiden as Chicago
  • June Fairchild as Mitzi

Production

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The producer and director had just made The Swinging Barmaids. The film was shot on location in Kansas.[2]

Release

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The film was released in 1976. The Los Angeles Times said the film "tries to combine exploitation and social statement. It doesn't succeed but it at least tries."[3]

The movie was re-released in 1981 as The Classroom Teasers and issued on a double bill with The Swinging Barmaids which was retitled Eager Beavers.[4] It made $1,075,000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. ^ "Advertisement". The Kansas City Times. 2 April 1976. p. 15.
  3. ^ Gross, Linda (21 December 1976). "Dilated pupils in 'Student Body'". The Los Angeles Times Part 4. p. 18.
  4. ^ "Film listing". The Indianapolis Star. 25 June 1981. p. 38.
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