Night Tide

Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) visits enigmatic Mora (Linda Lawson), from whom he coaxed an invitation the night before, at her apartment on the Santa Monica, California pier, her odd profession one of their subjects, in art-film director Curtis Harrington’s first feature, Night Tide, 1961.

A loose, low budget opening from experimental film director Curtis Harrington in his first feature, Dennis Hopper his Hollywood name-actor, as a sailor roaming the Santa Monica pier at night, the jazz group led by the well-known flutist Paul Horn, in the art-horror hybrid Night Tide, 1961.

Sailor Johnny (Dennis Hopper) and Mora (Linda Lawson), who works posing as a mermaid on the Santa Monica, California pier, have spent the day getting acquainted when she’s invited to dance, until a spooky woman, played by LA artist-actress (Marjorie) Cameron, reappears, in director Curtis Harrington’s Night Tide, 1961.