| Run Home, Slow | |
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| Directed by | Ted Brenner |
| Written by | Don Cerveris |
| Produced by | Eugene Frenke |
| Starring | Mercedes McCambridge Linda Gaye Scott Allen Richards Gary Kent Jim Logan Brian Casey Leah Cooper |
| Cinematography | Lew Guinn |
| Edited by | John Winfield |
| Music by | Frank Zappa |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Run Home, Slow is a 1965 AmericanWestern film starringMercedes McCambridge,Linda Gaye Scott, andGary Kent, directed by Ted Brenner and written by Don Cerveris.
After her father is murdered by hanging, Nell Hagen (McCambridge) sets out with her brothers Ritt (Kent) and Kirby (Richards) and cousin Julie Ann (Scott) to seek revenge.
Cerveris had previously taught English atAntelope Valley High School in California, whereFrank Zappa had been one of his pupils. After leaving the job to move to a career in screenwriting, he and Zappa had remained in touch, and in 1959 he convinced Tim Sullivan, the producer ofRun Home, Slow, to commission Zappa to compose and conduct the score for the film.[1][2]
One of the themes Zappa composed,And Very True, became the basis for the trackDuke of Prunes onthe Mothers of Invention's 1967 albumAbsolutely Free.[1][3] Studio performances of the film's main theme later featured in Zappa's posthumous compilation albumsThe Lost Episodes, as a stereo mix, andMystery Disc, as a mono mix with an additional Zappa guitar solo.[4] A live performance of the theme is included inYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5.
