Angel Angel Down We Go (1969)

The sheltered overweight daughter (Holly Near) of a millionaire (Charles Aidman) and an ex-porn star (Jennifer Jones) falls in with a whacked out rock star (Jordan Christopher, who's awful) and his group of zonked out followers. The 1960s and 1970s were a difficult time for actresses of a certain age, those who were big stars in the 30s and 40s. Some like Davis and Crawford revitalized their careers by doing horror films, some like Stanwyck turned to television while others like Loretta Young simply retired.  Some like Jones tried to be part of the "with it" counter culture films becoming popular at the time. But when you hear Jones utter a line like "I've made 30 stag films and I never once faked an orgasm", it's a long way from THE SONG OF BERNADETTE! The writer/director Robert Thom had a success the previous year with his clever satire WILD IN THE STREETS but this one is dreadful. The dialog is cringe inducing and its portrait of the "hippie" lifestyle seems a satire (or perhaps a satire in spite of itself). The film's "wit" is juvenile and often vulgar as when Thom intercuts images of Christopher's crotch with Near biting into a cream puff and it squirting on her face! With Roddy McDowall, Lou Rawls and Davey Davison.