The Florida Connection, also known as Weed,[1] is a 1978[2] film starring former NFL player Dan Pastorini and his Playboy model and actress wife June Wilkinson. It was her first film after a ten-year hiatus. The film is a "violent drug-smuggling tale."[3]
Maury Cramer wrote and produced the film with director Robert J. Emery.[4] The movie is set in Florida's swamps.[5]
Jack L. Richards was the director of photography
The film is about drug smugglers, corrupt police, and officers of the U.S. Treasury.[6] Wilkinson portrays a charter pilot helping a drug smuggler. The film includes scenes with air boats, dog racing, chases, shoot-outs, a drunk, and features fashions of the 1970s.[7]
Pastorini said that he felt good about his acting until watching the film and then cringed at his stilted delivery.[8]
Variety's Complete Home Video Directory described the film as "Adventures take place in the drug-trafficking corner of the Keys."[9]
Cast
- Dan Pastorini
- June Wilkinson
- Frank Logan
- Ed Faulkner as Mule Tucker
- Jim Bruce
- Bill Thurman
- Bob Leslie
- Doug Lance
- Mal Jones
- Otis Sistrunk
References
- ^ Crossley, Mimi (November 22, 1975). "Film: 'Weed'". The Houston Post. pp. 10F. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ Amador, María Luisa; Blanco, Jorge Ayala (January 7, 2006). Cartelera cinematográfica, 1980-1989. UNAM. ISBN 978-970-32-3605-3 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lisanti, Tom (May 7, 2015). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1241-6 – via Google Books.
- ^ Albright, Brian (November 7, 2012). Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7227-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1996. Visible Ink Press. September 7, 1995. ISBN 978-0-7876-0626-8 – via Google Books.
- ^ "TV Guide". Triangle Publications. January 7, 1987 – via Google Books.
- ^ Weldon, Michael (January 7, 1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-13149-4 – via Google Books.
- ^ Lopez, John P.; Pastorini, Dan (October 7, 2011). Taking Flak: My Life in the Fast Lane. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4670-4466-0 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Variety's Complete Home Video Directory". R.R. Bowker. January 7, 1988 – via Google Books.
