James Bialkowski and Jacob Windatt of Vagrant Video took a bunch of trailers, threw an open and close on it, found some old Canadian ads and drive-in snack bar commercials and tossed this in my face. It’s packed with some trailers you rarely, if ever, see on compilations, as well as a not small amount of all manner of pornography thrown in for good measure.
Here’s what’s on it (you can also see the list on Letterboxd):
Casanova & Co.: Listed here as Sex On the Run, this Tony Curtis film has him co-starring with Marisa Mell, Sylva Koscina, Marisa Berenson from Barry Lyndon, Jenny Arasse, Jeannie Bell (TNT Jackson!), Lillian Müller (the phys ed teacher in Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher”), Olivia Pascal, Britt Eklund, Katia Christine and Jean Lefebvre from Diabolique. Huh?
Dagmar’s Hot Pants, Inc.: Eurosex film. It’s not Dagmar’s Hot Pants LLC.
White Skin Black Thighs: Jess Franco! I don’t know if this trailer shows how wild this movie is.
Death On the Run: Listed as Django’s Overmand because it’s directed by Sergio Corbucci.
Gus: I love and hate live-action Disney. As I said in my review, “The Disney live action world of the 1970s is the kind of place where a Yugoslavian goat can come to America, get a job in the California Atoms NFL franchise and interact with owner Hank Cooper (Ed Asner) and Coach Venner (Don Knotts) and not a single person mentions how completely on drugs the entire thing is.”
The Killer Condom: This was released by Troma in the U.S.
The Five Man Army: Peter Graves. James Daly. Testuo Tamba. Nino Catelnuove. Bud Spencer.
The Last Gunfight: A 1960 Japanese action movie.
Biggi – ein ganz superreifes Früchtchen: German release of the French adult movie Soumises et sodomisées elles aiment ça.
Sonny and Jed: Jed (Thomas Milian) robs from the rich, gives to the poor and treats the woman who loves him, Sonny (Susan George), like dirt. She dreams of him marrying her, which he does, but still abuses her. Anyways, he’s on the run from Sheriff Franciscus (Telly Savalas) when he isn’t trying to woo Linda (Rosanna Yanni, Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror), the wife of land baron Don Garcia (Eduardo Fajardo), who has what he really wants: more money. Distributed by K-Tel!
The Teasers: The High-School Student was released internationally under the titles The Teasers, Under-graduate Girls, Sophomore Swingers and Teasers. It’s a commedia sexy all’italiana that introduced Gloria Guida, who would appear in four out of the five films in this series. She’s also incredibly hot in the way that only Italian sex comedy actresses are.
Lady Dynamite: This is sold with the much better name, The God-Mother 2.
The New One-Armed Swordsman: Lei Li (David Chiang, taking over for Jimmy Wang, but playing a new character) was a master of twin swords, but he was also arrogant. This is why he lost a duel with Lung Er Zi (Ku Feng), who wields a triple-staff, after our hero is framed for a robbery he did not commit. Lung Er Zi demands his right arm as his prize, and Lei Li, thinking that he’s fighting an honest man, can only become humble and sacrifice that part of his body. That’s how this movie starts, and it only gets cooler from there.
Tintorera: Killer Shark: This is a shark movie, but it’s also pretty much a softcore adult movie about the three-way relationship between the heroes. As such, this is the only shark movie I’ve watched all week with full frontal male nudity, which is something of an accomplishment.
The Thunder Kick: Are you ready to get your guts kicked out? This was released by Cannon in the U.S.
Destroyer: If you saw Shocker, Prison and House 3/The Horror Show, yet wanted more movies where killers supernaturally survived the electric chair, let me introduce you to 1988’s Destroyer.
W Django!: While this is also called Viva Django!, don’t confuse it with the 1968 Ferdinando Baldi film, which was originally intended to star Franco Nero, but has Terence Hill in it.
The Seven Dwarves to the Rescue: I sette nani alla riscossa is a fascinating 1951 Italian fantasy-comedy that essentially functions as an unofficial live-action sequel to the classic Snow White tale.
The Amazing Dobermans: I could watch so many of these dog-fighting crime films.
Latitude Zero: A futuristic utopia hidden 15 miles below sea level at the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line. There, people from all over the world — many of whom were reported missing at sea and have now aged — have lived since the 19th century, assisting humanity in their development.
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday: Lee Marvin and Oliver Reed lead this rowdy, slapstick-heavy Western comedy. It’s a chaotic tale of an aging scout looking for revenge and a payday, featuring plenty of 70s-era brawls and battle of the sexes banter.
Madame and Her Niece: A sleek, German erotic drama that reimagines Guy de Maupassant’s Yvette. It’s a stylish, mod-influenced exploration of seduction, social climbing and the complicated power dynamics between a sophisticated mother and her beautiful niece. Of course, in this trailer, it’s sold as sex.
The Daring Dobermans: In this fun-for-the-family heist sequel, a pack of highly trained Doberman Pinschers is used to pull off a sophisticated robbery. Think Ocean’s Eleven, but with more barking and better discipline.
Cracking Up: Also known as The Pity Picnic, this sketch-comedy anthology is a wild, irreverent ride through the absurd. It’s a cult relic of the late 70s indie scene, featuring a series of bizarre vignettes that parody everything from commercials to social norms.
Josefine Mutzenbacher II: This West German sequel continues the fictionalized memoirs of Vienna’s most famous courtesan. It’s a period-piece sex comedy that leans heavily into the ribald, slapstick humor popular in European adult cinema of the era.
The Master Gunfighter: Tom Laughlin (of Billy Jack fame) stars in this unique Western-Samurai hybrid. Heavily inspired by the Japanese film Goyokin, it features a protagonist who favors a samurai sword over a pistol in a quest for redemption along the California coast.
Scorchy: “She’s killed a man, been shot at, and made love twice already this evening…and the evening isn’t over yet!” Stella Stevens, a great poster, was directed by Howard Avedis.
Marco the Magnificent: An international co-production starring Anthony Quinn and Orson Welles, this epic (and slightly fictionalized) retelling follows Marco Polo’s journey to China. It’s a colorful, big-budget adventure spectacle with a surprisingly heavy-hitting cast.
Compañeros: A top-tier Spaghetti Western directed by Sergio Corbucci. This Zapata Western pairs a Swedish arms dealer (Franco Nero) with a Mexican revolutionary (Tomas Milian) for a high-octane mix of political commentary, machine-gun fire and Ennio Morricone music.
The Soul of Nigger Charley: A direct sequel to The Legend of Nigger Charley, Fred Williamson returns as the titular gunslinger. This Blaxploitation Western ups the ante as Charley fights to liberate a group of former slaves from a ruthless ex-Confederate officer in Mexico.
Great trailers, but those who are of a delicate constitution may want to clutch their pearls.
You can watch this on Cultpix.