Claudelle Inglish is one of those guilty pleasures that certain film fans. Based on an Erskine Caldwell novel, Diane McBain gets her first notice as the good girl turned town tramp because she gets a dear Jane letter from her boyfriend in the service.
McBain in the title role is first seen as a high school girl on a bus which you will note only has white students on it. She's in love with Chad Everett, but after a night together he goes off to the military. Soon she gets a letter saying he's met another girl and he's going to marry her. Brokenhearted McBain becomes the biggest tease for miles around. She's going to punish the male of the species and have a good time doing it.
Some of Warner Brothers young contract players play some of McBain's conquests, people like Everett, Will Hutchins, Robert Logan, and Robert Colbert. She's even got the older males in a tizzy like storekeeper Frank Overton who is Hutchins's father and the richest plantation owner in the county Claude Akins.
In fact Akins is really gone gaga for McBain and her new tramp look. McBain's mother Constance Ford wants her to wed Akins and get all she never could with Arthur Kennedy who is one of Akins's sharecroppers. But Kennedy maintains hopes that McBain will make a good marriage with one of the boys who is getting in her pants.
McBain finds Akins quite gross, but Akins after persistent refusals settles for second best. You'll have to see the film to know what that means.
Claudelle Inglish even got some Oscar recognition with a nomination for costume design for a black and white film.
It's also low trash, but it is deliciously low trash and a lot of people will enjoy it.
McBain in the title role is first seen as a high school girl on a bus which you will note only has white students on it. She's in love with Chad Everett, but after a night together he goes off to the military. Soon she gets a letter saying he's met another girl and he's going to marry her. Brokenhearted McBain becomes the biggest tease for miles around. She's going to punish the male of the species and have a good time doing it.
Some of Warner Brothers young contract players play some of McBain's conquests, people like Everett, Will Hutchins, Robert Logan, and Robert Colbert. She's even got the older males in a tizzy like storekeeper Frank Overton who is Hutchins's father and the richest plantation owner in the county Claude Akins.
In fact Akins is really gone gaga for McBain and her new tramp look. McBain's mother Constance Ford wants her to wed Akins and get all she never could with Arthur Kennedy who is one of Akins's sharecroppers. But Kennedy maintains hopes that McBain will make a good marriage with one of the boys who is getting in her pants.
McBain finds Akins quite gross, but Akins after persistent refusals settles for second best. You'll have to see the film to know what that means.
Claudelle Inglish even got some Oscar recognition with a nomination for costume design for a black and white film.
It's also low trash, but it is deliciously low trash and a lot of people will enjoy it.