''Ricky 6'' is a 2000 American-Mexican-Canadian film co-production loosely based on the life of Ricky Kasso, a

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teenager accused of Satanism and murder in the 1980s. The film was written and directed by Peter Filardi, and based on the 1987 book, "Say You Love Satan" by David St. Clair.

Vincent Kartheiser Vincent Paul Kartheiser (born May 5, 1979) is an American actor. He played Pete Campbell on the AMC television series ''Mad Men'', for which he received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a ...

played the disturbed protagonist, renamed Ricky Cowen, in the film. The movie also stars Chad Christ, Patrick Renna, Sabine Singh and Emmanuelle Chriqui. The film won the Audience Prize at the

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in 2000. , it has yet to be released in either theaters or on video. However, bootleg VHS and

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copies of the film have been sold on various Internet sites. ''Ricky 6'' is an international co-production between

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and

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and was produced by American producer Terry G. Jones, Mexican producer Juan-Carlos Zapata and Canadian producer William Vince. It was filmed in

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and

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, Canada.

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