The Skydivers is a 1963 film directed by Coleman Francis

Coleman Francis

Coleman C. Francis was an American actor, writer, producer, and director perhaps best-known for his film trilogy consisting of The Beast of Yucca Flats , The Skydivers , Red Zone Cuba , all three of which were filmed in the general Yucca Mountain, Nevada area and used preoccupation with light...

. It stars Kevin Casey as Beth, Eric Tomlin as Joe, Anthony Cardoza

Anthony Cardoza

Anthony "Tony" Cardoza is an American actor and film producer. He has worked on over a dozen films, but is perhaps best known for his three collaborations with Coleman Francis in the 1960s: The Beast of Yucca Flats, The Skydivers, and Night Train To Mundo Fine...

 as Harry, and Marcia Knight as Suzy. The film contains performances by influential Nashville guitarist Jimmy Bryant

Jimmy Bryant

Jimmy Bryant was a prominent American session guitarist. He was billed as "The Fastest Guitar in the Country".-Biography:Ivy J. Bryant, Jr. was born in Moultrie, Georgia, the oldest of 12 children...

.

After being forgotten for three decades it got a second life in 1994, serving the basis for a Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

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episode (during which TV's Frank

TV's Frank

TV's Frank, played by Frank Conniff, is a fictional character, mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester's lab assistant in the television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000. He appears at the beginning of Season 2, with the departure of Forrester's earlier co-scientist Dr. Laurence Erhardt, and...

 describes it as like "Manos

Manos: The Hands of Fate

Manos: The Hands of Fate is an American horror film written, directed, produced by, and starring Harold P. Warren. It is widely recognized to be one of the worst films ever made...

without the lucid plot"). At one point, the film was the lowest-rated of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

Plot summary

At a tiny airfield in a small, dusty California town (Quartz Hill), husband and wife team Harry and Beth run a jump school. Harry rebukes his old girlfriend Suzy, who hooks up with his fired mechanic Frankie to seek revenge. Meanwhile Beth is carrying on with the new mechanic, Joe. Lots of people jump out of planes throughout, while various weird characters mill around.

The film ends with a curiously grim credit sequence of star names and head shots, but no music.

Alternative titles

The Skydivers is also known as Fiend from Half Moon Bay and Panic at Half Moon Bay.

DVD releases

• The MST3K version of the film (accompanied by the uncut version, included as a bonus feature) was released by Rhino Home Video
  Rhino Entertainment
  Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
  
  as part of the Collection, Volume 1 DVD set. As of January 2010, the DVD is now out-of-print on Rhino's official website, and is no longer available on Mst3k's official website as of July 2011.