Bad Georgia Road (1977)

A New York executive (Carol Lynley) quits her position at a prominent fashion magazine to accept her inheritance from a long forgotten uncle in the deep south. Expecting to find a big plantation, she discovers her true inheritance ..... a moonshiner operation. Directed by John C. Broderick. The 1970s saw a rise in popularity with hicksploitation movies like SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, WHITE LIGHTNING, GATOR etc., most of them starring Burt Reynolds. This dumb action comedy represents a nadir in the careers of Carol Lynley (who played leads for Otto Preminger) and Gary Lockwood (a long way from working with Kubrick and Jacques Demy). It's a mess and often unpleasant. There's a nasty scene with Lynley getting raped by Lockwood's hillbilly Neanderthal then she falls in love with him and totes a machine gun when she goes along on his moonshine runs! DELIVERANCE this ain't! I thought Tom Kibbe was playing her gay best friend only to discover he was her lover! Sad, sad, sad. It looks good thanks to cinematographer Tak Fujimoto (BADLANDS, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS) and J. Michael Riva (THE COLOR PURPLE, IRON MAN) did the production design so there was some talent behind the camera. With Royal Dano and Mary Woronov.