Sunday, July 28, 2024

Movie review - "Dirty O'Neill" (1974) **

 Kind of the American Alvin Purple about a man irresistible to women - only he's played by Morgan Paull who is a good looking guy (he's the investigator shot at the beginning of  Blade Runner), and he's a cop, a former Vietnam vet in a small town who everyone wants to have sex with: the girls he coaches, random women on the street, waitresses. Many are played by familiar faces from 70s exploitation: Pat Anderson (the main girl, she looks uncomfortable getting nude at the end), Anitra Ford, Tara Strohmeiher.

The last act turns into an action film, quite well, when some toughs come into town. But the mix of tones is uneasy.  A comedy guy from Police Academy 2 is his mate.

Still the sheer unrelenting male fantasy-ness of it all, the gall, get some points. Co directed by Lewis Teague - I'm not sure how much he did.

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