Fatale Freundschaft (1975)

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Best Friends is a 1975 American drama film directed by Noel Nosseck and starring Richard Hatch and Doug Chapin. The latter also wrote some of the film's dialogues. The film centers on the slow psychotic deterioration of army serviceman who aims to restore his carefree youth by sabotaging his best friend's marital engagement.

Production

The film was Noel Nosseck's directional debut for a feature film, having already had extensive experience directing television shows and documentaries. It was also the first feature film for numerous members of the cast, including Richard Hatch, who played Jesse. The film featured a youthful cast and crew, the eldest being 33 years old.

It is unclear as to the nature of army service the two male leads had undertaken, however Nosseck and Somkin did not consider the two to have seen combative action, but rather simply as two young men who had enlisted and served time in the army.

One of the filming locations in late 1973 included a sports center in Flagstaff, Arizona, where the manager played a supporting role as himself, selling a motorbike to one of the male leads. Nossecks explained the reason for choosing the area as a filming location, as it was possible to find places nearby which could appear like somewhere else. Most of the film was shot around Los Angeles.

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