Topic: 2009 Jimmy's Alphabet Marathon Review

[Jimmy]

Title : Kate and the Indians (1979)

Overview
Kate and her girlfriend Lisa, students of Professor Von Martin, have found a medallion in the desert. The puzzle of the medallion leads the professor and Kate into a wild & untraveled indian wasteland, where they are lost and stranded. At this point, our heroine is forced to take part in the tribe's ancient XXX rituals.

My Impression
Nice little comedy even if this is a little bit too over the top at the end with the indian tribe. Great casting with Kandi Barbour (she is great to deliver comedic lines), Jack Shute (the professor), Kay Parker is also in this in a small but important role and for all of you Star Wars fans you have the only actor who was in the original trilogy and a xxx film (guess who?). The movie doesn't really make sense while watching it, but at the end it does since you understand a little fact from the beginning you have forgot.

Not the best film ever made, but certainly not a waste of time.

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[Jimmy]

He's reached "A"! Slow-coach... 

With this one I've catch you Jon, I ain't behind anymore

[Najemikon]

He's reached "A"! Slow-coach... 

With this one I've catch you Jon, I ain't behind anymore

Hmmm, we'll see! I'm two behind on reviews... 

[Jimmy]

Title : Lickity Split (1974)

Overview
A lonely soldier on the feverline of lust...

My Impression
Since the overview is more the tag line than a synopsis, I'll try my best to wrote one. A soldier is on his way to his new base, we will follow him travelling from New Jersey to Philadelphia. So it isn't too complicated

This one is the first movie directed by Carter Stevens and it had a good representation of the big name in the New York area for this period (Sandy Fox, Bree Anthony, Mary Stuart, Day Jason, Linda Lovemore, ...). Mark Andrews who play the soldier posses a real anoying voice...

Sadly the movie was badly recorded (too much live sound) and it's really hard to understand the dialogue. But it's a fun film anyway, if a bus ride would be really like the end scene I would sure take it more often in place of walking

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[Jimmy]

Title : Midnight Heat (1983)

Overview
A hired killer goes on the run after being caught in bed with the wife of a mob boss. While he's holed up in a scuzzy Times Square room waiting for the hitmen he knows are after him, he reflects back on his life and what brought him to the situation he's in now.

My Impression
This one is from Roger Watkins, maybe you are familliar with him since he was the director of The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell (who was renamed The Last House on Dead End Street by the distributor to cash on The Last House on the Left title even if it was made before) one of the best and weird horror film of the seventies who is sadly lost in its complete form (2h55), of course I own the 2005 Barrel Entertainment special edition released of it (OOP like all the others DVD of this defunct label). This is the first time I watch one of his adult film who are hard to find (I own Her Name Was Lisa also who is supposed to be his masterpiece but it's a cut version with 20 minutes of material removed, but the good news is that I've found the complete version ) and wasn't sure of what will be waiting for me in my dvd reader...

I can say it's clearly evident that Watkins is a very talented director or was since he had died 2 years ago at the young age of 58 years old. Even with a very limited budget he had succeed to create a very claustrophobic and nighmarish mood in this film (but is it a surprise when we know that he had made LHODES for 800$). Almost all the film happen in one hotel room where the hitmen (Jamie Gillis) is hidden talking of his past with a call-girl (Champagne) to understand why he had reached this point. While he talk about his past, we get many images of the street life who consist of people (normal people, homeless people and weird people) walking in the street (all those scenes are presented in slow motion and it feels emotionless kind of like a dead zombified word). At the end you are in for a big surprise.

Great acting performance from Gillies (probably his best with the one in Water Power) well supported by Champagne. Good supporting cast also with Dixie Dew (The Story of Prunella), Tish Ambrose (Raw Talent), Joey Karson (The Story of Prunella) and Sharon Mitchell (The Violation of Claudia) who are all there for a small but important role in the fall of Allan (the hitmen).

This is exactly the kind of film I love : A film with sex in it and not a sex film.

Highly recommanded


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[Jimmy]

Title : Naked Afternoon (1976)

Overview
She is nineteen, her name is Thomasina, and you've never met a girl quite like her. She is free, completely uninhibited and incredibly seductive beyond her years. Starting as a masseuse in an elegant Beverly Hills spa, she meets a wealthy film producer, who promise her a fabulous career in films. It is only a small part in an X-rated film, but there she begins a dizzling rise to the top of the world, and the viewer is treated to a rare behind the scenes expose.

My Impression
Not good or bad in fact your appreciation for this film will depend of your appreciation for Abigail Clayton, since this film is a love letter to miss Clayton. Personally I like her innocence and her juvenile appearance, but I can't say that it's my favorite movie with her. Dixie and 7 Into Snowy are much better films... An interesting trivia about her, she played the model (Rita) who is killed at her home by Joe Spinell in Maniac.


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[Jimmy]

Title : The Other Side of Julie (1978)

Overview
A man leads a double life. During the day he's a typical suburban husband, with a good job, nice house and great family. By night he is a male prostitute, servicing rich women. His life takes a wrong turn, however, when one of his "clients" turns out to be his wife's aunt.

My Impression
Not as good than expected, since this one is rated highly. Sure John Leslie is good as usual and Joey Silvera give a good acting performance for a change, but this film doesn't really keep me glued to my screen. Maybe it was because the story isn't original or the lack of known actress (Kristine Heller and Paula Wain are the only recognizable name) or the bad shape of the film (a lot of image distortion and tracking lines). The film get better in the middle, so it isn't a complete failure and Jackie O'Neill, the actress who play the aunt, is a nice looking and good actress.

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[Jimmy]

Title : Playgirls of Munich (1977)

Overview
Zebedy Colt and Roger Caine play two mixed-up American telephone repairmen who stow away on a plane and end up parachuting out over Munich, Germany during the Olympics. Broke and horny, the guys meet up with a lovely young fraulein who gets them a job - but not before introducing them to sex, German style! It's one riotous mishap after another as the bumbling buffoons go from job to job - and girl to girl - in an attempt to make enough cash to get back to the States. But with all the blazing bratwurst and hot wenches these guys have on their hands, who'd want to go back?

My Impression
Good comedy filmed at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. So it's evident that I know none of the girls, but most of them are attractive. The film rest on the comedic talent of the Colt/Caine duo and they succeed totally... Most of their attempt to find works are funny (the funniest being when they become the guardians of Miss Bavaria). The film became more conventional after 50 minutes when the story is forget for the final pool orgy.

I'm sure that some of German members would appreciate this one, specially Tom (you live in Bavaria no?).

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[Tom]

I'm sure that some of German members would appreciate this one, specially Tom (you live in Bavaria no?).

Yes, I live in Bavaria. I am not sure you will get the right idea how Germany looks like watching this movie
At least the cover hints that it portrays very stereotypical Bavarians. You know, we do not all run around with Lederhosen 
When portaying Germans, American film producers seem to have two views on Germany. Either they think we are all blonde and Nazis, or they think all Germans run around in Bavarian/Austrian traditional clothes, which in reality is only worn by a few people at gatherings like the Oktoberfest and other festivities.

[Jimmy]

It isn't too stereotypical, only Colt and Caine wear the traditional clothes for one scene. The adult Heidi series made in Germany is much more stereotypical (too bad this one is only available in german since it's a fun adult franchise). But it's true that I think of tall blond woman, polka music and heavy drinking when I think of Germany

It's more the old look of the place that I was thinking by appreciating. Just like any New Yorkers love to see their city before the eighties disneylisation in the old golden age NY movies.

[Jimmy]

Title : Liquid Lips (1976)

Overview
Follow up to 'Tell Them Johnny Wadd is Here' has the lusty, always-on-the-make, private detective Johnny Wadd returning to his home town of San Francisco after his caper in Mexico to help the authorities bust a drug smuggling ring led by mobster Tony Sorrento and sleazy nightclub owner Augre Valentine with the captured stash of heroin confiscated in Mexico which Johnny decides to use himself as bait to lure Sorrento in the open, unaware that one of Valentine's thugs Frankie, (first glimpsed in the previous film) recognizes Johnny Wadd and decides to have Valentine set a trap for him. Aiding Johnny is a female government agent named Charlie Hammond who can't seem to get enough of Johnny's famous 'tool'.

My Impression
This one is more like the Johnny Wadd movies I know and like
A good detective story with a lot of cheesy dialogue of course, film in more than one location and with a bizarre karate/boxing fight between Wadd (John Holmes) and one of the bad guy henchman (the director himself, Bob Chinn). Of course the film had is share of sex scenes, but they aren't gratuitious and fit with the storyline. Evidently Holmes isn't a great actor (even in the adult standart), but like I've said in another review this isn't why he was a living legend.

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[Jimmy]

Title : Raw Talent (1984)

Overview
This is one porn movie you'll watch every second of! It's critically acclaimed, award-winning film. It's also the most shocking and outrageous adult film ever made. It's RAW TALENT and there's nothing like it. A prize-winning screenplay rivets you with a compelling story. Unusually entertaining, it's pure dynamite for couples; an erotic experience you'll never forget...

My Impression
This one is base looselly on the real life of Jerry Butler who play also the title role in this film. More specifically this is about a young actor who try to survive in the New-York acting scene, but as many others actors have a hard time doing it. Finally he will get his chance with a role in a day soap opera, but does his past will catch him?

surprisingly this movie doesn't present the adult industry in a "pink glasses" way, this is a tough world where everyone work for themselve and no one would hesitate to pull down someone if they can get something from it. The film itself is really good for a mid-eighties production, it feels much more like a movie than an adult production. Of course the fact that the cast is filled with very talented actors, the story is well written and you had a lot of production values surely help.

Here we got a winner, a film that remains a film without the sex scenes. The downside is that the dvd currently available is cut and not because the content is objectionable like some others cut film I've reviewed here. I can't understand why all the fight scenes and the turkey scene are cut, maybe it's understandable for the turkey scene but... Anyway the copy I own is a composite one made from the current dvd and the vhs release so my film is complete and the diffence of quality isn't too distracting (as it is in Candy Girls).

I don't own yet the sequel, but from what I've read it's equally good. This one is strongly recommanded, but keep in mind that the uncut version is unavailable on dvd.

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Just for you Pete, I think that I've found a redhead (Lisa De Leeuw) who would be exactly your kind of woman

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[addicted2dvd]

Just for you Pete, I think that I've found a redhead (Lisa De Leeuw) who would be exactly your kind of woman

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Oh yeah... that would definitely work! 

[Jimmy]

Title : South of the Border (1976)

Overview
There's nothing quite like a hot-blooded Latina lust bunny to spice up your dull sex life. Whether you're bilingual or just cunnilingual, you'll find plenty of bodacious babes willing and able to speak the international language of lust in this lasciviously loco video romp! Take Maria, for example. To her, every man is a potential amigo. Then there is Carlotta, a sexy stripper who warms up for her "muy caliente" on-stage antics by joining her fans in some pre-show passion. That's not to mention two hot-to-trot stewardesses, who discover that you don't need an airplane to go around the world. And that is just the beginning of all the dirty, decadent delights that await you - South of the Border!

My Impression
One word would be enough to reviewed this film, but I will make an effort... I think everyone know that I'm a big fan of those seventies film and that I usually like them, this is certainly not the case here. This film is a poor excuse for a movie... The director (who is unknow) had found some stock footage of a mexican beach (after watching the same 15 seconds segment more than 20 times, you become a little tired of it) and he had decided to make a film around that. So we will see Debbie Truelove walking from house to house spying all the action who doesn't happen there, since old loops are used (not to say pretty bad one) and commenting what happen with an inaudible mexican accent. Even if Rene Bond, Maria Arnold (pleasant surprise since she wasn't listed in the iafd cast for this film), Nina Fause (or Sandy Carey, I'm not 100% sure) and Andrea True appeared in those loops it isn't enough since they are bad and cheap. Complete waste of time....

The word is pathetic of course  

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[Jimmy]

Title : Tropic of Desire (1979)

Overview
The infamous World War II cathouse, "The Pink Flamingo", is the setting for TROPIC OF DESIRE. Georgina Spelvin, the first lady of the adult cinema, plays Frances, the warm-hearted madam, who caters to the sex starved servicemen. Along with the explicit scenes as the troops roll in, are slices of genuine nostalgia, via the sets and period music. One of the more interesting concepts yet tackled. The stag film within the film is most unique.

My Impression
This one is pretty good, in fact it takes a long time to get the adult movie vibes from it. Why? Simple, the movie opens with a sex scene between Kitty Shayne and James Price and it takes more than 30 minutes for the next one. Of course it isn't a problem for me since it gives the time to set the story, the characters and the drama, but I'm sure that most of the casual viewer won't like it. The WW2 vibes is well done by the set designing, the costume, the music and the acting. Talking of acting Georgina Spelvin is as good as always, Ken Scudder gives the best performance of his career as an old depressed sailor and the rest of the cast without shining do also a good job. We even get a nice fight in the end who didn't had to be ashamed in front of some Hollywood fighting scene (of course I talk of a fisting fight, not an armed combat). For the stag film I will only say that it really looks like those old B/W mail order only short loops and that it countains one of the strangest thing I've seen done with a cigarette...

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