I watched "The Teacher" as part of the Drive-in Cult Classics DVD. This one was actually not too bad. The story line of teacher and student relationship is an old one but this movie had two interesting twists: first a psycho neighbor stalking both teacher and student, and second, the boy's mother played by Marlene Schmidt seemed to encourage the relationship. The real surprise was the casting of Jay "the Menace" North as the student. He was around 23 at the time of the movie's release. The teacher is played by Angel Tompkins who along with appearing in many of the cop shows of the day (Ironside, McCloud and Kojak to name a few) was featured in the February 1972 issue of Playboy.
The movie is very watchable for a "Drive-In" movie except for one or two musical interludes. I found Jay's acting a little stiff early on but a few love scenes, or hints of them, kept the movie flowing. The ending was somewhat anticlimactic but also somewhat unexpected.
The movie is very watchable for a "Drive-In" movie except for one or two musical interludes. I found Jay's acting a little stiff early on but a few love scenes, or hints of them, kept the movie flowing. The ending was somewhat anticlimactic but also somewhat unexpected.