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  • Director: Russ Meyer
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Melodrama
  • Themes: Stranded, Fathers and Daughters
  • Release Year: 1967
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 70 minutes

Plot

One of Russ Meyer's lesser efforts, Common Law Cabin is nonetheless scintillating entertainment delivered in his usual taut, energetic style. Jack Moran is the proprietor of Hoople's Haven, a broken-down tourist trap on the Colorado River. He ekes out a living with the help of his French ex-stripper companion (Barbette Bardot) and is consumed with guilt over his lust for his teenage daughter (Adele Rein), who bears an uncanny resemblance to her late mother. Drunken boatman Cracker (Franklin Bolger) brings the latest group of "suckers" to the remote resort: an uptight, bespectacled doctor with a bad heart (John Furlong (here a dead ringer for George C. Scott), his roving wife (Alaina Capri), and a mysterious stranger (Ken Swofford) with eyes for all the women and for Hoople's business. After he bribes Cracker with money and bourbon to scram with the boat, the group is stranded; drinks are consumed and Meyer's special brand of hell is let loose. Meyer's standard characters are in evidence, including an innocent nubile bursting with unexplored sexuality, and married couples at war with their unequal libidos. There are attempted rapes, a few murders, and plenty of excuses for the busty women to dance along with the swinging surf rock sound. Unfortunately, there are a lot of loose ends that the story never adequately wraps up, and despite some sparkling dialogue and a collection of eyer's most bodacious bosoms, ommon Law Cabin remains in the second tier of the director's canon. ~ Fred Beldin, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ken Swofford; Jack Moran - Dewey Hoople

Credit

Russ Meyer - Director, Jack Moran - Screenwriter
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Common Law Cabin
Directed by Russ Meyer
Written by Russ Meyer
Jack Moran
Starring Alaina Capri
Babette Bardot
Jack Moran
Cinematography Russ Meyer
Release date(s) 1967
Running time 70 min.
Country  United States
Language English

Common Law Cabin (original title How Much Lovin' Does a Normal Couple Need?) is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran. It was co-written by Russ Meyer and Jack Moran, and filmed on location on the Colorado River in Arizona.

Plot

Dewey Hoople (Jack Moran) runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife Babette (Babette Bardot) and his daughter Coral (Adele Rein). Business is so bad that Hoople must pay a local alcoholic (Frank Bolger as "Cracker") to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there.

Cast

  • Babette Bardot as Babette
  • Frank Bolger as Cracker
  • Alaina Capri as Sheila Ross
  • John Furlong as Dr. Martin Ross
  • Andrew Hagara as Laurence Talbot III
  • Jack Moran as Dewey Hoople
  • Adele Rein as Coral Hoople
  • Ken Swofford as Barney Rickert

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