Mudhoney (1965)

It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to ... See full summary »

Director:

Russ Meyer

Writers:

Raymond Friday Locke (screenplay), W.E. Sprague (screenplay),

Stars:

Hal Hopper, Antoinette Cristiani, John Furlong

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hal Hopper	...	Sidney Brenshaw
Antoinette Cristiani	...	Hannah Brenshaw
John Furlong	...	Calif McKinney
Rena Horten	...	Eula
Princess Livingston	...	Maggie Marie
Lorna Maitland	...	Clara Belle
Sam Hanna	...	Injoys
Stuart Lancaster	...	Lute Wade (as Stu Lancaster)
Nick Wolcuff	...	Sheriff Abel
Frank Bolger	...	Brother Hansen
Lee Ballard	...	Sister Hansen
Michael Finn	...	Thurmond Pate (as Mickey Foxx)
F. Rufus Owens	...	Milton
Wilfred Kues	...	Lynch mob (as W. Kues)
Charles Felix

Storyline

It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some travelling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is married to Sidney, a good-for-nothing drunk that frequents the rural equivalent of a whorehouse and beats his wife and is just waiting for Lute to kick the bucket to get his money. When Sidney and a local wacko preacher begin orchestrating a smear campaign against Calif, he finds it difficult to conceal his past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.

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Plot Keywords:

preacher | hanging | murder | drowning | buxom | 

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Taglines:

...leaves a taste of evil!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1965 (France)

Also Known As:

Mudhoney... Leaves a Taste of Evil!

Box Office

Budget:

$60,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Delta Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Quotes

Sidney Brenshaw: Hanna eh? Look's like Maggie Marie was right. You taking a shine to my woman boy?
[laughs]
Sidney Brenshaw: Well damned if you aren't. So that's way you come busting into her room the other night like some little old fanny roaster. You're sniffing after her aren't ya boy? Answer me! ANSWER ME! So you got a yearning after my woman eh? Well boy you go ahead and do what you can with her, you're wasting you time. Anna gets riled with me and she hates a lot of things that I do but she's MY woman boy, my woman, and do...
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Crazy Credits

Closing quote: "One man's evil can become the curse of all." --Publilius Syrus

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theatre 3000: Village of the Giants (1994)

User Reviews

Not so trashy

Seen at a Trash Film Retrospective, I do not concur with those who made the selection, or commented on the film before, here in IMDb. Director Russ Meyer may be more famous for the titillation and violence he introduced in his movies, but he is a man with a purpose, and a political message - that any intelligent viewer could see. Now, almost forty years after the film was made, the denunciation of mass hypocrisy, stupidity, alienation in American society seem more blatant, and terrifying. Those who are after crude nudity and sex scenes would better watch national television tonight. Those who are after one and a half hours of entertaining cinema with several points to remember later on, would better give themselves the trouble to watch this in a theater (Meyer's fans are still strong enough to impose him in many theme festivals), or the uncut version that made it to DVD lately. Immediately after Mudhoney, master Russ did what I consider his masterpiece, _Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1966)_. Now I hesitate between the two. Up to you to decide. Oh, yes. 'Lorna Maitland' (qv) is a southern belle Clara Belle, even if she has to contend with 'Rena Horten' (qv) cast as a mute, but whose body and facial talk speak high of her acting ability. The two buxom beauties are the 'titwillows' in this film. 'Prince Livingston' (qv) couldn't be better cast, and played, to contrast the beauty of her two 'daughters'.