I Need (film)

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Directed byFerd Sebastian
Written byBeverly Sebastian as "Ann Cawthorne"
Produced byFerd Sebastsian
Beverly Sebastian
StarringCeci Weathers
I Need
Directed byFerd Sebastian
Written byBeverly Sebastian as "Ann Cawthorne"
Produced byFerd Sebastsian
Beverly Sebastian
StarringCeci Weathers
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,000[1]

I Need (or I Need a Man) is a 1967 American drama film concerned with a young girl who becomes a schizophrenic nymphomaniac after a childhood rape.[2] It was the first movie from Beverly Sebastian and Ferd Sebastian, who self financed it for $7,000 and filmed it around Houston. The Sebastians distributed the film themselves and managed to recoup their money, launching their careers.[1][3][4]

  • Ceci Weathers as Ceci
  • Tom Hunter as Alex
  • Jay Froman as Murry
  • Sylvia Froman as Mother

Prior to starring in I Need, Tom Hunter guest starred on the 1960s, U.S television series Flipper and Hawk, then Gunsmoke, after. Working mostly in European-made films, Hunter starred in The Vampire Happening (1971), The Human Factor (1975), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976).[5]

Production

The credited writer "Ann Cawthorne" was a pseudonym for Beverly Sebastian.[6]

Ferd Sebastian later said "Like in most of our films we did all the work. But in that one, I mean all [films we do], there was only the two of us and the cast which was about 4 people."[7]

Release

Per the IMDb.com, the film was released in the U.S on December 28, 1967, the Netherlands on August 28, 1969, and France in August 1970.

Reception

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