Movie review – “The Sister in Law” (1974) *

By Crown International standards this is made by A list talent – it stars John Savage (who also did the music) and was written and directed by Joseph Ruben. Savage plays a young man who comes home from hitchhiking to find his sister in law determined to seduce him and wreck his family. (Interesting parallels with Ruben’s later The Stepfather). His brother is involved in the mob. There’s a pretty decent cat fight in a pool and an unfortunate scene where Savage molests a girl while she’s asleep and she resists but it drags on for far too long and isn't sexy or exciting enough. The sole interest towards the end comes from trying to guess whether Savage or his brother is going to be killed by the mob.