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It Must Be The Neighbors (1966)

1966 · Short film · 13 min · dir. Wilmer H. Kimberly

  • Documentary

Synopsis

Neighbors would rather talk trash about each other rather than deal with the health hazards their yards have become. It's their children who do the "adult" thing and carry off the refuse that has become a breeding ground for vermin and bugs.

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Details

Director
Wilmer H. Kimberly
Released
1966-01-01
Running time
13 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Sure We're Slobs, but It's the Neighbors' Fault · Christine Hennig · 2005-05-09

When Bill Duncan gets a Health Department citation for not replacing his rusted-out garbage can, he calls up an old college buddy at the department to see if he can get out of it. The college buddy takes this opportunity to tour BillÂs yard and point out such sanitation horrors as containers of standing water, which he is sure are already breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that spread yellow fever. Bill blames it all on the neighbors, as do all the neighbors. But since the health department guy has a mesmerizing, Pied-Piper-like effect on the neighborhood kids, they all spearhead a…

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