Fraternity Row (film)

Fraternity Row
Directed by	Thomas J. Tobin
Produced by	Charles Gary Allison Thomas Joachim Thomas Pope
Written by	Charles Gary Allison
Starring	Peter Fox Gregory Harrison Scott Newman Nancy Morgan Wendy Phillips
Narrated by	Cliff Robertson
Music by	Michael Corner
Cinematography	Peter Gibbons
Edited by	Eugene Fournier
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	1977
Running time	105 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

Fraternity Row is a 1977 film drama portraying life in a 1950s fraternity at a fictional college.

Plot

This movie tells the story of one college student and his trials and tribulations as he pledges the Gamma Nu Pi Fraternity at a fictional Eastern school. The film depicts common hazing practices during the era including humiliation, onion eating and severe paddling.

Cast

• Peter Fox as Rodger Carter
• Gregory Harrison as Zac Sterling
• Scott Newman as Chunk Cherry
• Nancy Morgan as Jennifer Harris
• Wendy Phillips as Betty Ann Martin
• Robert Emhardt as Brother Bob Abernathy
• Cliff Robertson as The Narrator

Background

Originally this film was Charles Gary Allison's thesis while he was a film student at USC. It was then picked up and distributed by Paramount. It is said to have been inspired by the 1959 hazing death of Kappa Sigma pledge Richard Swanson, who died after attempting to swallow a quarter pound piece of raw liver without chewing.

Critical reception

Fraternity Row met with generally positive reviews. However, the movie failed to catch on and did only a very light business at the box office. It has not been released to VHS or DVD.

See also

• List of hazing deaths in the United States
• Hazing
• History of North American college fraternities and sororities
• Matt's Law
• The Gordie Foundation

External links

• Fraternity Row at IMDb
• Fraternity Row at AllMovie