Lifeguard (1975)
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68% of users liked it
(477 ratings)
Sam Elliot stars as Rick Carlson, a thirty year old lifeguard who thinks life is passing him by. Rick loves the beach life and his job, but after attending his fifteen-year high school reunion and receiving advice from his family and friends that he's wasting his life, Rick begins to question… More Sam Elliot stars as Rick Carlson, a thirty year old lifeguard who thinks life is passing him by. Rick loves the beach life and his job, but after attending his fifteen-year high school reunion and receiving advice from his family and friends that he's wasting his life, Rick begins to question his livelihood and wonders whether he should quit and find a more normal line of work -- such as selling cars for the local Porsche dealership. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Daniel Petrie
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jul 23, 1976 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Richard T. Jameson, Parallax View
Lifeguard belongs to that elect, if scarcely elite, class of film fondly designated "the nice little movie."
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Lifeguard is worthy of a weekend rental -- but only if you're actually old enough to look back on 1976 and chuckle knowingly.
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Cast
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Sam Elliott
as Rick Carlson
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Anne Archer
as Cathy
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Stephen Young
as Larry
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Parker Stevenson
as Chris
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Kathleen Quinlan
as Wendy
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Steve Burns
as Machine Gun
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Sharon Weber
as Tina
- James Beard
- Vivian Brown
- Jo Gilbert
- Linda Gillin
- Bill Joyce
- Paul Kent
- Russ Marin
- David McKnight
- Lenka Peterson
- George Wallace I
- Mark Hall
