

The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1974-10-17 · 98 min · ★ 5.6
After returning home from the war, Vietnam veteran Julius Vrooder resides in a veteran's hospital, where he has been vaguely diagnosed as "psychiatrically impaired." Taking the news with an air of initially lighthearted defiance, Vrooder escapes and sets up camp under a highway, where he builds a paranoia-driven booby-trapped bunker for himself. Falling in love with not-so-bright nurse Zanni, Vrooder soon plans to elope with her to a remote Canadian outpost.
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- Directors
- Arthur Hiller
- Production companies
- Playboy Enterprises, 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Timothy BottomsVrooder
Barbara HersheyZanni (as Barbara Seagull)
George MarshallCorky
Lawrence PressmanPasski
Albert SalmiSplint
Richard DysartFather
Dena DietrichMother
Michael CristoferAlessini (as Michael Ivan Cristofer)
Jack ColvinSergeant
Andrew DuncanChaplain
Jack MurdockMillard
Lou FrizzellFowler
Jarion MonroeMosby
William LuckingHarmer
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