Can You Identify These Films? – Page 1

The titles covered on this page are a selection of unidentified, mostly adult, movies that were cut or banned in Australia.

The country of production is taken from the National Classification Database and the decade of production is an educated guess. Do not rely on either to help identify a title, as they may be incorrect.

Please contact us if you can provide more information about any of these titles.

More unidentified films can be found on the corresponding page in Film Censorship Database No. 2.

Bound To Please

In February 1982, a 628.00-meter (57:13) 16mm print of BOUND TO PLEASE was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

It was refused again in May 1982, this time in a 591.00 (53:51) ‘reconstructed version’. The sex had now been reduced to being:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

A 559.47-meters (50:59) ‘second reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in September 1982. The sex was now:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

In all cases, 14th Mandolin was the applicant.

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema in October and November 1982.

Current information

Any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

It is unclear if they released it on their King of Video label.

Mike reports
There is an IMDb entry for an adult film titled BOUND TO PLEASE (1972). It is directed/produced by Terry Sullivan and credited to Athena Films.

A film with the same title played in a few US states during the period 1973-1976. The ads give no further information apart from an X certificate, but we can deduce that the running time was less than 65 minutes. There is a break until 1979, when another ad appears which mentions the ‘revival’ of BOUND TO PLEASE based on popular demand. It tells us that it’s the Athena Films production, and features ‘A real Bay Area (San Francisco) couple who live the S and M life. I think it’s fair to assume the all these ads are for the IMDb entry.

Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, rated a 57-minute BOUND TO PLEASE in October 1979. Podal Films, the production company, are associated with five films in Quebec, but clearly weren’t the producers of all of them. Maybe they are the just the distributor. The producer is Jim Skate, and the actors are Mike Palmper, Silvie Oder, Steve Kotaks and Suzanne Nett. They sound like real people, although they are currently untraceable. It’s likely the Quebec and Australian are the same one due to the matching times. Podal Films are also listed for unidentified THE PROFESSIONALS.

Cherry’s Girls

In October 1976, a 1837.00-meter (66:57) print of CHERRY’S GIRLS was censored by 165.90-meters (06:03) for an R-rating. The cuts were made to remove ‘indecency’.

Cherry’s Girls (197?) - Australian daybill movie poster 1
Daybill via Brett W.

Roadshow Distributors were the applicant.

Banned in Queensland

On 13 July 1977, the censored R-rated version of CHERRY’S GIRLS was prohibited by the Queensland Films Board of Review.

The distributor was Roadshow.

Current information

Any promotional material from Roadshow Distributors would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
There is a film called CHERRY’S GIRL’S, with no IMDb, which played for a week in New Orleans in November 1965. The ads tell us it is ‘bolder than OLGA’S GIRLS’.

Despite being black and white, OLGA’S GIRL’S (1964) had nudity, torture and humiliation, along with the general sleaziness. If CHERRY’S GIRL’S was using it as a benchmark then it may have had issues in mid-1970s Australia. Despite this, it seems unlikely a distributor would have picked up an eleven year old movie.

I am almost certain that the Australian poster was designed by Roadshow as it does not look stylistically like the US exploitation posters of the era. One explanation would be there was never a US poster as it was actually CHERRY’S GIRLS (1965), which was barely released in the US. Maybe Roadshow were cashing in on their release of Al Adamson’s JESSI’S GIRLS (1975) by picking up a similarly themed and named film.

Deep Desire

In March 1980, a 1478.06-meter (53.52) print of DEEP DESIRE was censored by 6.5-meter (00:14) for an R-rating.

The cuts were made to remove ‘indecency’. The R-rating was awarded for sex, which was found to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

…and for violence, which was:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

SHS Box Office Gold was the applicant.

Current information

Any promotional material from SHS Box Office Gold would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
This has to be a retitling of another film, as there no ads for a DEEP DESIRE ever playing the US or elsewhere.

The IMDb Pro pages for Freeway Films and Golden Gate Productions shows that they co-produced five films.

  • TELL THEM JOHNNY WADD IS HERE (1976)
  • LIQUID LIPS (1976)
  • CHINA CAT (1978)
  • HARD SOAP HARD SOAP (1977)
  • THE JADE PUSSYCAT (1977)

The final three of these look doubtful as they were all passed in Australia in the 1980s under their own titles.

TELL THEM JOHNNY WADD IS HERE and LIQUID LIPS are companion films and were supposed to be watched in that order. Bob Chinn, the director, wanted to make a film called WHITE GOLD, but the financiers worked out that it would be cheaper to split it into two parts, to be shot separately. Both films don’t really make sense in isolation and they usually played together on double bills in the US, although they were oddly initially released in the wrong order.

SHS Box Office Gold had the rights to LIQUID LIPS and the Censorship Board passed it under that title in March 1980. It makes sense that they would have bought TELL THEM JOHNNY WADD IS HERE. Presumably, Johnny Wadd would have meant little to the Australian audiences, so they wouldn’t have known it was an adult film from the title. The Board’s reference to violence makes sense as it contains some gunplay and a fistfight.

In January 1980, SHS Box Office Gold received an R-rating for a 51-minute version of LIQUID LIPS. The running time of the complete version is 73-minutes and a softcore version about 65 minutes.

TELL THEM JOHNNY WADD IS HERE runs 75-minutes complete and around 65-minutes softcore. So if it is DEEP DESIRE, then like LIQUID LIPS, they also overcut it.

The Girl Hunters

In April 1981, a 593.40-meter (54:04) 16mm print of THE GIRL HUNTERS was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

Current information

The only way to identify this feature is by the title.

Mike reports
A film called GIRL HUNTERS or GIRL HUNTER played across the US from 1973 to 1976. It is clear from the ads that the running time was no more than 55 minutes, so it is almost certainly the same film submitted in Australia.

The only ads with any images come from October 1973. The first shows a group of knife wielding women chasing a man while the second shows a man with a knife holding a woman.

The Massage Parlor

In September 1981, a 493.65-meter (44:59) 16mm ‘pre-censor cut version’ of THE MASSAGE PARLOR was passed with an R-rating.

It was awarded for sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

They reportedly went on to release it on their King of Video label.

Current information

The King of Video tape or any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Not to be confused with Barry J. Spinello’s MASSAGE PARLOR WIFE (1975) which was also distributed by 14th Mandolin. See separate entry in Film Censorship Database No. 1 for more information on that title.

Mike reports
I viewed a 53:44 version of MASSAGE PARLOR (1974) from Alpha Blue Archives which appeared to be complete. There were no opening or closing credits but I doubt it ever had any. I timed the hardcore and you would need to remove around 11:45 to make it comply with 1981 Australian softcore standards.

It does seem likely to be the film, as it has the profile of a 14th Mandolin pick-up. At the time, it was seven 7 years old, ultra-low budget, with no recognisable actors and no credits.

There are US ads for a film titled MASSAGE PARLOR in 1974-75, but none contain images or indicate a running time.

Another contender is SALON DE MASSAGE, produced by Able Films. It currently has no IMDb entry.

The January 1972 issue of ADAM FILM WORLD gave it six pages of stills. None of the actors are familiar. I can only find one ad showing it played theatrically, from Montana’s Billings Gazette on 7 June 1973.

Monique

In October 1981, a 51-minute 16mm ‘pre-censor cut version’ of MONIQUE was passed with an R-rating.

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

It is uncertain if they released it on their King of Video label.

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema in March 1983.

Current information

Finding out who is S. Cohen and promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Not to be confused with John Brown’s MONIQUE (1970). See separate entry in Film Censorship Database No. 1 for more information on that title.

Mike reports
There are three US ads for an X-rated MONIQUE, so it cannot be the 1970 British film. The May 1975 New Jersey ad shows the running time was at most 55 minutes. It also played in Miami in August and September 1976.

I found a couple of possibilities for S. Cohen. The first is Saul Cohen who was co-producer and writer of HUNGRY EYED WOMAN (1973) aka WET LADY. I watched it and there are no characters named Monique. So he may have produced another film sometime before 1975, which is when the US ads for that film begin. The second is Sam Cohen, who was the writer and the associate producer of GUMS (1976).

Peggy

In April 1981, a 660.10-meter (60:09) 16mm print of PEGGY was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

A 581.41-meter (52:59) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in August 1981. It was awarded for sex, which was now said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

…and for violence, which was:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

They reportedly went on to release it on their King of Video label.

In July 1982, a 570.40-meter (51:58) ‘pre-censors cut version’ lost a further 5.50-meter (00:30) before being awarded an R-rating.

The extra cuts were made to remove sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

The sex in the R-rated version was:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

Landmark Films was the applicant.

Current information

A one-sheet exists; however, no distributor is listed.

Peggy (197?) - Australian one sheet poster 1
One sheet via moviemem

The King of Video tape or any promotional material from 14th Mandolin or Landmark Films would help identify this feature.

Jack Films are also listed as the producer of other unidentified films on this page.

Mike reports
Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, rated a 59-minute version on 19 October 1979.

They refer to Jack Films as Jacks Films.

It lists Albert Cairns as the director, and three actors: Lloyd Raines, Peter Humphrey and Sherry Mann. Lloyd Raines could be Darby Lloyd Raines, quite a notable adult actress of the time. The other three names go nowhere.

On 17 December 1970, the Birmingham News (Alabama) had an ad for an X-rated film called PEGGY. It is the beginning of the period when hardcore first appeared in US adult movies. If this is the same film, then it might mean that Darby Lloyd Raines’ appearance in porn was earlier than previously thought.

In July 1975, it had a short run in Rochester, New York.

Robert Rimmer’s THE X-RATED VIDEOTAPE GUIDE claims PEGGY was released in the US on Silhouette Video. It apparently had an R-rating, which suggests the Australian cuts may not have been for hardcore.

The kneeling image on the poster is of Laura Gemser from the promotional material for BLACK EMANUELLE (1975). It appeared on Roadshow’s 1976 daybill for the film.

Possession of Emanuelle

Producer L.A. Prods / 197? / USA / IMDb link required

In August 1981, a 481.20-meter (43:51) 16mm print of POSSESSION OF EMANUELLE was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

GL Film Enterprises was the applicant.

Current information

Finding out who was L.A. Prods would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
I am working on the assumption that that L.A.Prods stands for Los Angeles. It is a long-shot, but Carlos Tobalina was based in LA and produced a couple of adult horror titles that could have been retitled to cash in on the EMMANUELLE (1974) craze.

There seems to be only one US Company which is known to have existed and which has the initials L.A in their name. That’s Liberal Arts, sometimes known as Liberal Arts Productions and sometimes as Liberal Arts Films.

At the moment, the IMDb only recognises them as the producers of TRAVELIN’ (1974). It’s a biker movie about various people who have sex in the desert, so the retitling seems impossible.

TRAVELIN’ (1974) contains a sex scene in which was originally part of UPRISING AT BOX CANYON (1972). This is an adult western. So possibly they made that film too. It has no recognised producer at the moment. But again, it’s hard to see how that could have been retitled.

Further research shows that they also produced SEX DELIVERY (1975). The IMDb doesn’t list that yet [May 2026] but their name features in the trailer which I found on ALPHA BLUE ARCHIVES CUMMING ATTRACTIONS 1975 VOL. 5. This is a story about a delivery guy who has sex with housewives. Again, it’s a bit of a stretch to retitle it as POSSESSION OF EMANUELLE.

GONE WITH THE DEVIL (1973) has left no trace apart from a few cinema ads. There isn’t even a recorded runtime. But it does come between two periods in his career when he had established production companies. The IMDb does not specify one, so that looks intriguing. SEXUAL ECSTASY OF THE MACUMBA (1974) is too long and the IMDb lists Hollywood International Productions as the production company.

The Professionals

In December 1980, a 559-meter (50:56) 16mm print of THE PROFESSIONALS was censored by 12.40-meters (01:07) for an R-rating.

The cuts were made to remove sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

The sex in the censored R-rated versions was:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

They went on to release it on their King of Video label.

The Professionals (197?) - VHS videotape 1
VHS – King of Video
The Professionals (197?) - VHS videotape 2
VHS – King of Video – Sticker

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema from November to December 1981, November 1982 and March to April 1983.

Current information

The rear of the King of Video cover has the following information.

1981
The oldest profession in the world today. The Madam claiming that she is a model, with two girls working under her. You get a flesh to flesh tour of exactly what erotic delights the ‘models’ have to offer their devoted customers. Ending up with every fantasy fulfilled. Perhaps for you too?

Starring
Greta Halver – The Madam
Glenyse Foster-Smith – 1st girl
Vicki Shaw – 2nd girl

– King of Video synopsis

Searches show no matches for these, presumably fake, names.

Mike reports
There was an X-rated film called THE PROFESSIONALS which had a limited release in 1971 and 1975 which I think are the same film, but cannot be sure.

Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, rated a 58-minute film called THE PROFESSIONALS on 3 April 1978. It lists Robert Tilley as the director and actors Jack Smyte, Kurt Gonder and Tina Lahunt. None of these names go anywhere. Podal Films, the producer, is also listed for unidentified BOUND TO PLEASE.

The Salesgirls

aka The Sales Girls

In February 1981, a 624.30-meter (56:53) 16mm print of THE SALESGIRLS was banned because of sex, which was found to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

A 449.77-meter (40:59) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in June 1981. The sex was now said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin, the applicant, released it on their King of Video label.

It played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema from February to March 1982.

Current information

The King of Video tape or any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
This one does have a US release history, with ads running from 1973-79. They tell us it is under an hour and played as SALESGIRLS, SALES GIRLS and SALES GIRL.

Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, has an entry for 22 August 1978. It is listed as SALES GIRLS with a runtime of 57 minutes. The production company is identified as Robin Production, the producer as George Turner and actors James Rily, Sho Green, Tammy Stringer and Verr Jennings. None of those names lead anywhere at the moment. They might well be real names but unknown people. That is supported by the fact that Robin Production submitted another film in Quebec in March 1978 called THE FUGITIVES, which appears to have no release history anywhere.

San Francisco Cruisin’

In September 1981, a 60-minute video of SAN FRANCISCO CRUISIN’ was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

V. Martin was the applicant.

Current information

Finding out who was Jack Films would help identify this feature. They are also listed as the producer of other unidentified films on this page.

Mike reports
It is a gay adult film, which the timeline suggests was probably made in 1975 or 1976.

On 18 September 1976, the Chicago Tribune had an ad for the film (Rated X – all-male cast), accompanied by a drawn image of a man wearing a vest top. Other ads appeared in the Honolulu Star (25 October 1976), Indianapolis Star (14 November 1976), Jackson Citizen Patriot, Michigan (1 February 1979) and Daily News, New York  (7 September 1981).

Secret Fantasies

In November 1981, a 493.65-meter (44:59) 16mm ‘pre-censor cut version’ of SECRET FANTASIES was censored by a further 1.60-meter (00:08) before being awarded an R-rating.

The cuts were made to reduce the sex from being:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

…to
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin, the applicant, released it on their King of Video label. The cover has a brief synopsis, ‘This film is about the secret sexual fantasies of four girls, and shows each girl’s fantasy in graphic detail’, but no credits.

Secret Fantasies (197?) - VHS videotape 1
VHS – King of Video

A film called SECRET FANTASY was reportedly released on their King of Video label and played Melbourne’s Club Cinema in January 1982 and July 1983. This may be SECRET FANTASIES.

Current information

The King of Video tape and promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
 There are US ads for this film from March 1972 to 1976 showing that it played as both SECRET FANTASIES and SECRET FANTASY.

The following synopsis is similar to the one on the King of Video cover.

23 July 1972
…finally SECRET FANTASIES began. ‘This is the story of the fantasies of four city girls’ began the narrator. At the beach in bed. At home in bed. At the studio in bed. At the park in bed. It looked like the same bed. An hour later, SECRET FANTASIES was over.

– It’s Friday Night at the Movies
– The Miami Herald

On 28 June 1973, The Bradenton Herald reported on a court case featuring a double-bill of SECRET FANTASIES and something called PEGGY THE SUBURBAN NYMPH. Gerhard Maser, of the Capri Theatre, was on trial to determine if they could be screened in the county.

Leo Rising Productions also produced CITY WOMEN (1971). That is a portmanteau film about four city women engaged in various sex acts. Most available versions run 41-minutes and omit a water bed sequence. I managed to track down the complete 57-minute version which begins with a narrator saying ‘Among the pillars and pools of this concrete and steel giant, a secretary finds a few extra moments in a short lunch hour…’. It does not include the dialogue mentioned in the aforementioned MIAMI HERALD article so it must be a different film. Since they are structurally similar, then maybe SECRET FANTASIES was some kind of sequel.

According to Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, SECRET FANTASIES was classified on 22 August 1978.

It confirms the producer as Leo Rising Productions and includes additional information. Unfortunately, none of the four actors, Diana Jacker, Diane McKelly, Richard Likser and Ronnie Bluebutt, lead anywhere. The director, Ruben Grand, is similarly elusive.

The submitted time was 59-minutes, which is 14-minutes longer than the print submitted to the Film Censorship Board.

I don’t think it is correct, but iafd.com claims CITY WOMEN and SECRET FANTASIES are the same film.

Sweet Diane

In March 1981, a 647.23-meter (58:59) 16mm print of SWEET DIANE was censored by 8.50-meters (00:46) for an R-rating.

The cuts were made to remove sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

In the R-rated version it was:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

They reportedly went on to release it on their King of Video label.

Current information

The King of Video tape or any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
SWEET DIANE played for a week in Ohio in mid-March 1974.

Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, rated a 54-minute version on 7 May 1979. There are three actors: Ann Biggs, Jeff Roberts and Sue Peters. Don Brown, the director, is an alias for Bob Vosse.

He directed four features with the aforementioned actors.
THE MADAM (1969) and THE MIDNIGHT GRADUATE (1970) – Cannot be either, as Quebec rejected both around the same time under these titles.
BULLS MARKET (1970) – Watched and no character called Diane.
VENICE NIGHTMARE (1970) – The lead character did not have a name as she’d forgotten it due to a concussion.

The IMDb lists Venus International Productions as the Production Company for the first three.

It seems likely that the three actors made another film directed by Don Brown at some point up to 1974.

See UPRIGHT ACTION (197?) for the same combination of director and actors.

IN March 1976, SWEET DIANE played for a week in the Bijou Cine Club in London. It was followed in December by a one week run at the Gilmore Cinema Club in Liverpool.

This Love for Hire

In June 1981, a 614.00-meter (55:57) 16mm print of THIS LOVE FOR HIRE was censored by 9.60-meter (00:45) for an R-rating.

The sex in the original submission was cut because it was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

However, in the R-rated version it was:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

They went on to release it on their King of Video label.

This Love for Hire (197?) - VHS videotape 1
VHS – King of Video

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema from November to December 1982 and October 1983.

Current information

The rear of the King of Video cover has the following information.

1981
A couple in love have trouble. One man isn’t enough to satisfy her. She goes to an analyst who does a physical on her. Under hypnosis she tells all. Her father did the deed. Rushing back home, she finds her lover in bed with another girl ‘Too late’, he finds her at the beach.

Starring
Sandy Dennis
Jade Hughes
Cameron McIntosh

– King of Video synopsis

Searches show no matches for these, presumably fake, names.

Mike reports
This film had a limited US release history. Ads appeared in the Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York (23 April 1974), Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey (30 September 1975) and Corpus Christi Times, Texas (16 March 1977).

In July 1977, LOVE FOR HIRE played for a week at the Gilmore Cinema Club in Liverpool. Despite the title change, I am fairly sure it is the same film.

Tom and Jill

Produced by Ivan Grozny / 197? / USA / IMDb link required

In November 1981, a 449.77-meter (40:59) 16mm print of TOM AND JILL was passed with an R-rating due to sex, which was described as being:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

G.L. Film Enterprises, the applicant, submitted a ‘pre-censor cut version’.

Current information

Mike reports
The National Classification Database lists the producer as I.Grozney who is likely to be Ivan Grozny.

The first US ad appears to be in Newsday (New York) in August 1974 on a double-bill with ROSEBUD (1972). It featured again on a triple-bill in July 1975 in an ad in The News (Paterson, New Jersey).

Final ads were in 1978 in the Miami Herald when it again played on a triple-bill that included Anthony Spinelli’s JOURNAL OF LOVE (1971). Interestingly, this movie is Ivan Grozny’s only producer credit in the IMDb. None of the ads contain any images or clue as to the running time, but they all show it had an X certificate.

A Ton of Action

In March 1981, a 647.23-meter (58:59) 16mm print of A TON OF ACTION was censored by 8.90-meters (00:49) for an R-rating.

The cuts were made to remove sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

In the R-rated version it was:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

It is unclear if they released it on their King of Video label.

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema in December 1982.

Current information

Any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Mike reports
Ads in The Miami Herald shows A TON OF ACTION was playing there in early August 1973. The Gloucester County Times (New Jersey) advertised it as screening, as a first run, at an adult cinema on 14 January 1975.  Newsday (Melville, New York) reports one on 3 May 1975 and Tulsa World (Oklahoma) on 24 January 1980. As far as I can tell, that’s its entire recorded US release history. All ads lit it as TON OF ACTION.

Robert Rimmer’s THE X-RATED VIDEOTAPE GUIDE claims TON OF ACTION was released in the US on the Video Show Time label.

In the 1970s, it played in the UK for a brief three days under cinema club conditions.

Upright Action

In January 1982, a 598.50-meter (54:32) 16mm print of UPRIGHT ACTION was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Infrequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

A 471.70-meter (42:59) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in July 1982. It was awarded for sex, which was now described as being:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: Medium
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

It is unclear if they released it on their King of Video label.

This played at Melbourne’s Club Cinema from October to November 1983.

Current information

Any promotional material from 14th Mandolin would help identify this feature.

Venus Prods appears to be the same company as Venus International Productions.

Mike reports
The Star Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) has ads for it on 7 and 18 April 1975 and into late May. It appeared again in September and October 1975. From August to October 1976, it was playing in Lincoln, Nebraska. The ads tell us the exact time to the minute for each film, so we can deduce UPRIGHT ACTION was under an hour.

Quebec’s directory of classified films, repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca, rejected a 55-minute version on 9 March 1978. There are three actors: Ann Biggs, Jeff Roberts and Sue Peters. Don Brown, the director, is an alias for Bob Vosse.

See SWEET DIANE (197?) for the same combination of director and actors.

The World’s Last Sex Act

In June 1976, a 2119.00-meter (77:14) print of THE WORLD’S LAST SEX ACT was banned because of ‘indecency’.

A 1920.10-meter (69:59) ‘reconstructed version’ was passed with an R-rating in March 1977.

In both cases, Roadshow Distributors were the applicant.

Current information

Any promotional material from Roadshow Distributors would help identify this feature.

Antony Weber directed SAVAGE CONNECTION (1972), which was initially banned in Australia in 1976 under the title THIGH HIGH SEX.

It may be Antony Weber’s CRIES OF ECSTASY, BLOWS OF DEATH (1973). The retitle makes sense for a film with a post-apocalyptic plot.

Mike reports
I can confirm there are no US ads for a film titled THE WORLD’S LAST SEX ACT, so it must be a retitle of one of Antony Weber’s existing films.

4 In A Bed

In December 1981, a 628.50-meter (57:16) 16mm print of 4 IN A BED was banned because of sex, which was said to be:
Frequency: Frequent
Explicitness/Intensity: High
Purpose: Gratuitous

14th Mandolin was the applicant.

Current information

Jack Films are also listed as the producer of other unidentified films on this page.

Mike reports
A film called 4 IN A BED played on a double bill with DELIGHTFUL DILEMMA (1970) for a week in Bristol, Tennessee in November 1972 and disappeared thereafter. It is presumably the film which turned up in Australia. There’s no IMDb entry with this title.

However, a film titled FOUR IN BED (1970) ran for two weeks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in January 1970 but never played again. It is probably the dullest film Something Weird Video ever released. The runtime is 56.02, but it seems to be missing opening and closing credits. It’s basically almost an hour of extremely unenthusiastic softcore groping, combined with leering gynaecological close-up shots of women’s genitals. These go on for minutes at a time and if you removed them all the runtime would be under half an hour. Presumably that kind of material would have been an Australian censorship issue even in 1981. If so it would explain why it was banned.

DELIGHTFUL DILEMMA (1970) and FOUR IN BED (1970) were both distributed by Able Films. So that points to 4 IN A BED and FOUR IN BED (1970) as likely the same film.

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