When Ted gets amnesia after a car wreck, he assumes the life of an evangelist with the help of of a preacher. After his newfound success, however, his old girlfriend and her new boyfriend decide to blackmail Ted for a search of the money. His problems intensify as memories start returning -- and he thinks he killed the other driver.
Writing
Amnesia-as-identity-swap premise goes places you won't predict.
Acting
Jonathan Kidd's preacher transformation is unhinged commitment.
Director
Irvin Berwick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Irvin Berwick cast his own children Wendy and Wayne as the disabled teens—nepotism with a side of exploitation cinema.
This 1961 obscurity rode the exploitation wave of 'preacher exposes,' where religious hypocrisy was cheap titillation for drive-in crowds.
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