The Roommates

{{Short description|1973 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox film |name = The Roommates |image = File:The Roommates.jpg |caption = |director = Arthur Marks |producer = Charles Stroud |screenplay = Arthur Marks John Durren |narrator = |starring = Pat Woodell Marki Bey Roberta Collins Laurie Rose Christina Hart |music = Tony Saber Dave Shear |cinematography = Harry J. May |editing = Richard Greer |studio = A.G.&S. |distributor = General Film Corporation |released = {{Film date|1973|03}} |runtime = 87 minutes |country = United States |language = English |budget = |gross = }} '''''The Roommates''''' is a 1973 American thriller film directed by Arthur Marks, starring Pat Woodell, Marki Bey, Roberta Collins, Laurie Rose, and Christina Hart.

==Plot== Five young women named Beth, Brea, Carla, Heather, and Heather's cousin Paula take their summer vacation together at a resort on Lake Arrowhead, where they go to parties and become involved with local men. However, things go haywire for the women when a mysterious killer targets them.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236693/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl ''The Roommates'' (1973) Plot Summary, imdb.com]</ref>

==Cast== {{castlist| *Marki Bey as Carla *Pat Woodell as Heather *Roberta Collins as Beth *Laurie Rose as Brea *David Moses as Mike *Ken Scott as Marty *Kipp Whitman as Don *Christina Hart as Paula *Gary Warren Mascaro as Arnie *David Ankrum as Andy *Al Cole as Joe *John Durren as Socks *John Morgan Evans as Warren *Dexter Freeman as Larry *Barbara Fuller as Sylvia *John Hart as Sam (Sheriff) *Greg Mabrey as Harold *Richard Mansfield as Mickey *Peter Oliphant as Aaron *Ben Pfeiffer as Lee *Darl Severns as Nick *Paula Shaw as Socks' Ex-Girlfriend *Pam Stroud as Diane *Connie Strickland as Alice }}

==Production== ''The Roommates'' was filmed in and around Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains of San Bernardino County, California, where the story takes place.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq2IW_Ghso4C&q=roberta+collins+the+roommates&pg=PA266|page=265|title=More Magnificent Mountain Movies|first=W. Lee|last=Cozad|publisher=W. Lee Cozad|isbn=0972337237}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236693/ ''The Roommates''] at IMDb *[http://www.filmmonthly.com/film/the-roommatesa-woman-for-all-men Review of film] at Film Monthly *[http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com.au/2010/06/which-will-die-in-summer-of-73.html Review of film] at Temple of Schlock

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roommates}} Category:1973 films Category:1973 crime thriller films Category:1970s exploitation films Category:American crime thriller films Category:American exploitation films Category:Films about summer camps Category:Films directed by Arthur Marks Category:Films set in California Category:1973 English-language films Category:1973 American films Category:English-language crime thriller films