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Killer Diller

Play trailer Poster for Killer Diller PG-13,  2004,  1h 35m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 40% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
40% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A group of criminal misfits brought together in a halfway house forms the Killer Diller Blues Band. Sentenced for parole violation, Wesley Benfield and some of his musically inclined housemates are recruited by Ned Sears, who runs the halfway house, to play church music for students and retirees. When Wesley meets autistic piano player Vernon, the band really takes off, but the members need to pull off one more crime in order to make it big.

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Joe Leydon Variety Jul 6, 2010
Writer-director Tricia Brock springs a few pleasant surprises while tilling familiar ground in her promising debut feature about a guitar-playing car thief who transforms a spiritless gospel group into a kick-ass blues band. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper May 8, 2006
I loved the music. It's a good film. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com Feb 13, 2008
2/5
How rockin' can a band be when their leader is Fred Willard? Go to Full Review
John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) May 3, 2006
2/4
This story of a vaguely Elvis-esque troublemaker who transforms the misfit gospel choir at a Baptist halfway house into a rockin' blues band could probably be screened at a real Baptist halfway house without controversy. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress eFilmCritic.com Apr 6, 2004
2.5/4
Folks looking for unchallenging, uninspired easy-to-swallow 90 minutes of entertainment may find it here. Personally, I'd rather put on the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Tricia Brock

Director

William Lee Scott

Wesley

Lucas Black

Vernon

Fred Willard

Ned

W. Earl Brown

Holister

Robert Wisdom

Moker

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Killer Diller

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Movie Info

Synopsis A group of criminal misfits brought together in a halfway house forms the Killer Diller Blues Band. Sentenced for parole violation, Wesley Benfield and some of his musically inclined housemates are recruited by Ned Sears, who runs the halfway house, to play church music for students and retirees. When Wesley meets autistic piano player Vernon, the band really takes off, but the members need to pull off one more crime in order to make it big.
Director
Tricia Brock
Producer
Jason Clark, Steve Espinosa, Cary McNair
Screenwriter
Tricia Brock
Production Co
Bulwark Entertainment
Rating
PG-13 (Some Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Apr 28, 2006
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 19, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$17.3K
Runtime
1h 35m
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