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Common Law Wife
Swamp Rose
USA 1963
produced by
Fred A. Kadane, M.A. Ripps (executive) for Texas Film Producers
directed by Eric Sayers, Larry Buchanan (uncredited)
starring Anne MacAdams (= Annabelle Weenick), George Edgley, Max W. Anderson, Lacey Kelly, Bert Masters, Libby Booth (= Libby Hall), Norman Smith, Dale Berry, Paula Kyle
written by Grace Nolan
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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Somewhere in the US-backwoods: After 5 years of living with Linda (Anne
MacAdams), old but wealthy Shugfoot Rainey (George Edgley) wants to
dump her for the new model - his own young niece Baby Doll (Lacey Kelly), formerly New
Orleans stripper. But Linda doesn't give up that easily, as she finds a
way to be confirmed as Shugfoot's common law wife without ever having been
married to him but having held the position of a wife for quite some time. So
sure enough, a situation evolves between her on one side, Shugfoot and Baby Doll
on the other. Thing is, Baby Doll has an agenda of her own: She wants to 1) take revenge on Shugwood for molesting her as a child, and
2) she of course wants to get her
hands on his wealth.
To this end, she first hooks up with the town's sheriff (Max W. Anderson), or all things his in-law
and ex, and when he refuses with Bull (Bert Masters),
another former lover and alcohol distiller. So before long things get
too messy for anyone to make it out as a winner ...
To say this is a great movie by any stretch of imagination would be a
shameful exaggeration, it's basically a lurid soap opera with a backwoods theme
that pretends to push the envelope without ever really pushing it - and that's
really what makes the film so great, it's a prime piece of hicksploitation
that's as blunt as can be, but exactly for that meets the nerve of any
self-confessing vintage exploitation connoisseur. In other words, it's just
great nostalgic fun, no masterpiece but something that keeps one well
entertained for its less than 80 minutes of running time.
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