Chastity (1969)

Addendum to summary: Chastity is Bipolar manic who was sexually abused as a child.

Director:

Alessio de Paola

Writer:

Sonny Bono

Stars:

Cher, Barbara London, Stephen Whittaker

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cher	...	Chastity (as Chér)
Barbara London	...	Diana Midnight
Stephen Whittaker	...	Eddie
Tom Nolan	...	Tommy
Danny Zapien	...	Pimp
Elmer Valentine	...	First Truck Driver
Burke Rhind	...	Salesman
Richard Armstrong	...	Husband
Autumn	...	Prostitute
Joe Light	...	Master of Ceremonies
Dolly Hunt	...	Lady In Church
Jason Clark	...	Second Truck Driver (as Jason Clarke)

Storyline

Go on a cross country adventure with Cher in her first dramatic film, Chastity. Chastity ('Cher') is a lonely young girl who is hitchhiking across the country in hopes of finding someone to love her and make her forget her disturbed past. She does find love with a man whom she calls Andre ('Stephen Whittaker'). Chastity feels that the relationship is getting too serious so she decides to run. She goes to Mexico where she starts working at a whorehouse, there she befriends the strange lesbian owner (Barbara London). Chastity is looking for a mother figure in the woman, but the woman has different feelings for Chastity. She soon realizes that this is not the life for her and decides to return to Andre and try to start a new normal life. Things are good, but not for long as Chastity's dark disturbed past will never let her feel loved by anyone.

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Plot Keywords:

lesbian | hitchhiking | brothel | one word title | remade | 

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Taglines:

She's Not Just A Girl, She's An Experience!

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 1969 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Progress Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (DeLuxe) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an interview with Vh1 in the late 1990s, Cher recalled, "Sonny originally wrote a very good script, very different from what we filmed. But once he realized his wife was going to play those strong scenes, he changed his mind and softened what we had."

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Quotes

Man in car: Hey, you wanna do a thing honey?
Chastity: You gotta have a thing to do a thing, creep.

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Connections

References The Endless Summer (1966)

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Soundtracks

"Chastity's Song (Band of Theives)"
Written by Elyse J. Weinberg
Performed by Cher

User Reviews

A Strange vehicle for Cher

In Cher's first attempt in a dramatic role she is found drifting through her young teenage life searching for her identity.She hitch-hikes to Mexico picking up truck-drivers as well as a boyfriend along the way.Her dysfunctional family and abuse follows her ,haunting her as she lives out her escapades wearing the same top and jeans till it makes you a bit nauseous! Her foray into the comfort of lesbianism,is short-circuited by her traditional American values,and Chastity tries the "straight life" one more failed time.The script is trite,and the story jaded .Cher has said the rough stuff was excluded,as Sonny Bono couldn't stand to see his wife do "those things". All in all a cool 60's trip,with an amateurish and weird aura! Chasity later became the name of Cher's daughter conceived during this movie!