Chastity (1969)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Alessio de Paola

Writer:

Sonny Bono (written by)

Release Date:

24 June 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

Go on a cross country adventure with Cher in her first dramatic film, Chastity. Chastity ('Cher') is...

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Hitchhiking | Mystery Ending | Prostitution | Brothel

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)

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:18A | USA:PG (1972 re-issue) | USA:R

Company:

American International Pictures (AIP)

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Barbara McNair Show: (1970-09-12)" (1970)

Good early effort by Cher

Sonny Bono saved up his money and made this film starring his wife and its really not bad. You shouldn't expect great acting but Cher does show her early raw style here and even in scenes where she's required to cry she does it admirably. Script isn't bad either but all the talking she does to herself gets annoying after a while and I really didn't buy the whole Mexican brothel part at all. Her character is just to smart and in control to do something so brash and foolish. Now, about the nudity. There are two scenes where Cher is supposedly nude and in one scene you don't see her face at all so I'm assuming its a body double. But in the other scene it kind of looks like her though her hair is in the way and the room is dark so while I'm not 100% sure I do think it might be her where you see a glimpse of Cher's breast. The film ends on an emotional level where the voices in her head let us the viewer find out what's wrong with her and the last scene of an emotional Cher on the side of the road I think is just a solid job of acting. Solid effort by all including Sonny who produced, wrote and scored the music. I kept expecting to see Sonny pop up in a cameo but he never does. Interesting hippie flick with solid acting.