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The Roommates (1973)

Name: The Roommates
Director: Arthur Marks
Genre: Crime, Suspense
Released: 1973
Duration: 87 min
Cast: Marki Bey, Pat Woodell, Roberta Collins, Laurie Rose, David Moses

1973 · Arthur Marks · 87 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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Looking to spend a swinging summer at Lake Arrowhead, Carla, Beth, Brea, Heather, and Heather's cousin Paula head to the picturesque hills for a little R&R... but a pall soon casts over the girls' sunny vacation when a mysterious murderer begins picking off the lake's bevy of beauties. Can the killer be stopped before the coeds' summer fun ends in blood-spattered chaos?

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