Cover Me Babe (1970)
Life. Love. Illusion. At 24 Frames per Second.
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
- Date of release
- 1970-10-01
- TMDB
- 4.7 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Noel Black
Casting
- Robert Forster — Tony Hill
- Sondra Locke — Melisse
- Susanne Benton — Sybil
- Robert Fields — Will Ames
- Ken Kercheval — Jerry
- Sam Waterston — Cameraman
- Michael Margotta — Steve Winston
- Floyd Mutrux — Ronnie Shields
- Maggie Thrett — Prostitute
- Jeff Corey — Paul Rogers
- Regis Toomey — Michael Atterbury
- Mitzi Hoag — Mother of Drowned Boy
Interesting facts
Cover Me Babe is a 1970 drama film about a young filmmaker who is hypercritical about everything including his own work. The film was directed by Noel Black, and stars Robert Forster and Sondra Locke. The title song was written by Fred Karlin and Randy Newman, and performed by Bread. A second song by Bread also appeared on the soundtrack.
Production
It was based on an original script by George Wells.
Michael Sarrazin originally was sought for the lead role. Filming took place in spring 1969 under the working title Run Shadow Run.
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