American adult movies from 1973 that have been cut or banned in Australia.
The X-rating, for hardcore sex, was introduced in February 1984.
The Miss Layed Genii
Directed by Eric Jeffrey Haims / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In December 1975, a 2518.20-meter (91:47) print of THE MISS LAYED GENII was banned because of ‘indecency’.
A 1761.82-meter (64:13) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in March 1976.
Roadshow Distributors were the applicant.
Review
Mike reports
Vinegar Syndrome (us) – DVD – 93:24
Whenever teenager David Bates (Franklin Anthony) rubs his penis a genie (Tobar Mayo) appears and grants his wishes, most of them sexual.
It’s no great surprise that THE MISS LAYED GENII had to be significantly censored in 1976, although cuts of over 27:30 are excessive. Most of the sex scenes are strong and go on for a while, some are hardcore, and others clearly feature real sex with the camera positioned so it not visually apparent. The main casualty would have been the 13-minute classroom orgy which includes 16 students and their teacher (Rene Bond). There is also a gay sex scene which, at the time, might have been unexpected for the audience of this kind of film. It takes place when the genie, who turns out to be bisexual, picks up a male hitchhiker.
Banned in Queensland
On 27 September 1976, the censored R-rated version of THE MISS LAYED GENII was prohibited by the Queensland Films Board of Review.
The distributor was Roadshow.
Banned again
In May 1982, Blake Films had a 2537.00-meter (92:28) print Refused Registration because of sex, which was described as being:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
This version was presumably complete.
X-rated freedom
Blake Films had a 90-minute tape of THE MISS LAYED GENII passed with an X-rating in February 1984. This was during the first month of the new hardcore classification.
It was awarded for sex, which was found to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
The tape was released on the short-lived Palace X Video label.
Momma’s Little Girl
Directed by Josephine Milne / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In April 1981, a 668.20-meter (60:53) 16mm print of MOMMA’S LITTLE GIRL was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
14th Mandolin was the applicant.
Review
Mike reports
Something Weird Video (us) – VHS as LIZ: MOMMA’S LITTLE GIRL – 58:53
Lilly/Liz (Antoinette Maynard) goes to Hollywood to make her fortune but ends up working as a prostitute. The film is structured around a letter she is writing to her mother in which she explains how well her life is going, but we see the unpleasant reality.
Most of the problems would relate to two scenes.
00:36 – 07:42 Liz is dragged around a bedroom on a leash by a naked man who forces her to have sex with him. She wears the leash throughout and he verbally abuses her for most of the scene.
46:37 – 56:47 Liz visits the home of a female client who is a dominatrix. She is tied to the bed, beaten repeatedly with a belt, slapped around, verbally abused, and sexually assaulted with a sex toy.
It’s hard to see how a censored version of either of these scenes would have been acceptable. In addition, there would also be still be around eight minutes of hardcore to remove. Even then the sex would probably have been too intense.
The Passion Seekers
Directed by Walt Davis / 1973 / USA / IMDb
Note: A second film titled THE PASSION SEEKERS (1977) was passed with an X-rating in 1985. The Film Censorship Board listing states that all submissions listed below are for the 1973 film.
Modified R-rating
In February 1978, a 1947.53-meter (70:59) print of THE PASSION SEEKERS was censored by 82.20-meters (02:59) for an R-rating. The cuts were made to remove ‘indecency’.
Lestrig Trading (aka Lestrig Films) was the applicant.
14th Mandolin fail
In June 1978, 14th Mandolin had a shorter 1616.20-meter (58:54) version banned.
It was resubmitted in a 1527.00-meters (55:39) version, but this too was Refused Registration in September 1978.
Both were banned because of ‘indecency’.
Further reading
For more censored Walt Davis, see the database entry for THE DANISH CONNECTION (1974).
Please Don’t Eat My Mother!
aka Hungry Pets
Directed by Carl Monson / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In February 1976, a 2688.33-meter (98:00) print of PLEASE DON’T EAT MY MOTHER! was censored by 69.60-meters (02:32) for an R-rating. The cuts were made to remove ‘indecency’.
Regent Trading Enterprises was the applicant.
In May 1976, the Film Censorship Board recorded a title change to HUNGRY PETS. It was released theatrically under this amended title.
Video release
K&C Video released a tape in the early 1980s.
Although unconfirmed, it was likely sourced from the censored theatrical print.
Review
Matt reports
Something Weird Video (us) – 2001 DVD – 97:01 (NTSC)
The sex in PLEASE DON’T EAT MY MOTHER! is explicit enough to still warrant cuts in the UK in 2012. Interestingly, the BBFC listed a submitted time of 97:23, which was cut by 00:22 ‘…to remove sight of unsimulated sexual activity (in this case fellatio and licking of penis)’.
Interestingly, the 2001 Something Weird DVD matches the censored BBFC runtime and does not include the sex described above. It may be another of their original DVDs, such as THE DIRTY MIND OF YOUNG SALLY (1973), that had to be cut to appease Image Entertainment.
There are three sex scenes in PLEASE DON’T EAT MY MOTHER! that may have been censored for the 02:32 removed in Australia.
00 to 30-minutes – The film cuts back and forth between plot and a couple making out in a car. It does not become explicit until around the 18-minute mark and includes shots of the woman (Flora Weisel) masturbating her boyfriend (Adam Blair). The aforementioned fellatio and licking of penis must have originated from this scene.
41 to 74-minutes – Henry (Buck Kartalian) spies on a picnicking couple having sex. Again, the film shifts between this footage and the plot.
78 to 88-minutes – Harry’s Wife (Rene Bond) has sex with a man in her bedroom. This is the least explicit of the three sex scenes.
Forbidden outtake
A deleted scene from PLEASE DON’T EAT MY MOTHER!, titled THE VOYEUR (1975), was banned by the Film Censorship Board in August 1975.
Sexcapade in Mexico
Directed by William DeDiego / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In June 1978, a 2333.80-meter (85:04) print of SEXCAPADE IN MEXICO was banned because of ‘indecency’.
14th Mandolin was the applicant.
Review
Mike reports
Something Weird Video (us) – DVD – 78:10
Tracy (Cynthia Thornell) comes home early from school and finds her mother (Christiane Roth) fellating a strange man in the shower. She runs away with her boyfriend, Mike (Steven Johnson), and they hitchhike to Mexico where they are attacked by a gang of thugs before getting their revenge.
The currently [2026] available version is seven minutes shorter than the one submitted by 14th Mandolin, but it’s still possible to see the potential Australian censorship problems.
The film begins with a naked stripper being dragged off the stage at a club by a drunken spectator, raped by him, and then taken to a six person orgy. The orgy goes on for twelve minutes and is extremely graphic, involving several changes of partners. We later realise that this takes place in Mexico.
Things settle down until the last fifteen minutes after Tracy and Mike have arrived in Mexico and are picked up in a van by the three men who were present at the orgy. They are taken to a shack where Mike is brutally assaulted and Tracy graphically gang raped. They get their own back ultimately by taking deadly revenge on the men. One has a rock smashed on his head, another is hung with a wire noose and the third is stabbed in the back.
Presumably the early rape orgy would have been a candidate for cuts as would the rape of Tracy. The violent and quite gory revenge scenes may have posed difficulties. It could be why 14th Mandolin didn’t try resubmitting it as the cuts might have made the ending unintelligible.
Vice Squad Women
Directed by Al Fields / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In June 1974, a 2023.87-meter (73:46) print of VICE SQUAD WOMEN was censored by 56:38-meters (02:03) for an R-rating. The reason for the cuts was ‘indecency’.
House of Dare was the applicant.
The Virgin and the Lover
Directed by Kemal Horulu / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In February 1983, a 2002.39-meter (72:59) print of THE VIRGIN AND THE LOVER was censored by 65.00-meters (02:22) for an R-rating.
The cuts were made to remove sex, which was found to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
Following the censorship, it was described as being:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous
Regent Trading Enterprises was the applicant.
R-rated video
In January 1985, a 92-minute tape was passed with an R-rating. It was awarded for the same reasons as the censored February 1983 classification.
Video Classics released it on their Movies at Midnight label.
It appeared, with the same cover, in a mid-1980s Video Excellence ‘Redlight Release’ catalogue.
X-rated video
Leisuremail had a 91-minute tape classified X (Contains sexually explicit material) in June 1989.
The sex was now found to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous
Welcome Home Johnny
Directed by James Howard / 1973 / USA / IMDb
In July 1978, a 2079.50-meter (75:48) print of WELCOME HOME JOHNNY was banned because of ‘indecency’.
A 1782.95-meter (64:59) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in October 1978.
In both cases, 14th Mandolin was the applicant.
In the early 1980s, they released it on their King of Video label.
Queensland Police receive R-rating
In May 1987, a 57-minute tape of WELCOME HOME JOHNNY was passed with an R-rating. It was awarded for sex, which was found to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous
The Queensland Police were the applicant.