Lifeguard

Lifeguard (1975)

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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

PG,
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Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jul 23, 1976 Wide
Paramount Pictures

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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."

  • 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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