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Purely Coincidental (1970)

1970 · Short film · 4 min

Synopsis

Deals with two guys - one works at a pet food plant, the other at a food plant and how their carelessness kills a dog and makes a daughter very sick. Features Tony Mockus Jr.

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Running time
4 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films
Internet Archive item
PurelyCoincidental

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★★★★ · : Duke? DUKE?? DUUUUUUUUUKE!! · Spuzz · 2016-12-08

Hoary melodrama about one guy who works in a dog food cannery who's daughter gets food poisoning, while meanwhile, in another town, another guy, who works in a human food cannery, his dog dies from food poisoning! So we have two similar stories, 2 similar scene chewing wives (the wife responding to the dog dying is priceless) and 2 different plants, but similar glaring food safety violations. Actually, I wonder if a lot has changed, since food poisoning still is quite common, but apparently not as common when this was made, judging by the young girl¡¦s Father, who is just aghast at the very…