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Friday, December 30, 2022

Pretty Maids All In A Row (1971)

A high school student (John David Carson) is obsessed with sex although he's still a virgin. The school's counselor (Rock Hudson) takes the boy under his wing and steers him toward a sexy substitute teacher (Angie Dickinson) in the hopes it will solve his problem. Meanwhile, some nubile student nymphets start turning up dead. Could there be a connection? Based on the novel by Francis Pollini (adapted for the screen by STAR TREK's Gene Roddenberry) and directed by Roger Vadim (AND GOD CREATED WOMAN). Wretched in every sense of the word! This was during the period when Hollywood wanted to be "with it" so free love and flower power became Hollywood's new mantra. As I've always said, nothing dates a movie faster than topicality. The morality or ethics of teachers having sex with their students is never addressed. Oh, did I mention the movie is a comedy? And the serial killer even gets away and possibly lives happily ever after although it's suggested that Telly Savalas as the detective on the case intends to pursue the murderer further. The film's theme song is sung by the squeaky clean The Osmonds! Did they read the script before they agreed to record the song? Curiously, Quentin Tarantino is a big fan of the movie. Go figure! With Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn, Brenda Sykes and William Campbell.

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