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    Tilt (1979)

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    Brenda Davenport – a.k.a “Tilt” (Brooke Shields) – is a precocious 14-year-old pinball wizard and runaway.

    She hooks up with Neil Gallagher (Ken Marshall), an older guy who is an aspiring country singer.

    Together they hatch a scheme to finance his music career through Tilt’s pinball hustling.

    She uses her incredible pinball skills from arcade to arcade, state to state, with their earnings mounting all the time. They eventually head to Corpus Christi, Texas, for Tilt to do battle with ‘The Whale’ (Charles Durning), an overweight hustler and reportedly the best pinball player in the country.

    The stakes are high – their entire $3500 earnings . . .

    The film was released as a TV movie before being released on VHS.

    Tilt (Brenda Louise Davenport)
    Brooke Shields
    Neil Gallagher
    Ken Marshall
    Harold ‘The Whale’ Remmens
    Charles Durning
    Mickey
    John Crawford
    Hype
    Karen Lamm
    Mr Davenport
    Gregory Walcott
    Mrs Davenport
    Helen Boll
    Henry Bertolino
    Harvey Lewis
    Replay 
    Rob Berger
    Gary Laswitz
    Don Stark
    Casey Silverwater
    Lorenzo Lamas
    Felix
    Gary Mule Deer
    Clint
    George Jacobs
    Rock Manager (Carrots)
    Frank Pesce

    Director
    Rudy Durand

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