The Abductors (1972/I)

Director:

Don Schain

Writers:

Liz Evans (written by) and
Don Schain (written by)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

Ginger is the sexiest super-sleuth ever to subdue mankind!

Plot:

Cheerleaders and models are kidnapped & sold by a white slavery ring. Female agent is sent to rescue them.

Plot Keywords:

Cheerleader | Undercover | White Slavery | Model | Helicopter

Cast

Cheri Caffaro	...	Ginger
Richard Smedley	...	Ken Stanton
Patrick M. Wright	...	Jablon (as Patrick Wright)
Laurie Rose	...	Carter Winston (as Jennifer Brooks)
William Grannel	...	Jason Varone (as William Grannell)
Anthony Barone
Eli Levine
Gerie Bronson
Dennis Malvasi
Nick Cockinos
Doug Martin	...	Guard Ginger tricks
Stan Franklin
Thomas Murphy
Rudy Hornish
Jeramie Rain	...	Jane

Runtime:

90 min | Australia:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R (cut) | USA:R | USA:X (self applied)

Company:

Derio

Quotes:

Ginger: You've got another case for me?
Jason Varone: Well, you said you'd like to try again sometime just for fun, and besides you know what they say...
Ginger: All play and no work makes Ginger a swinging chick.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Girls Are for Loving (1973)

memories of a cheesy drive in

I remember when I was a boy, I could walk down to the foot of the road late at night, look up on the hill and see the giant drive in screen glowing with Cheri Caffaro's figure in another predicament. I never heard the dialogue, but who needs it in this movie series. Ginger's power was her sex appeal, and even though she might have been bound and gagged, her captors were the ones who were truly helpless against it. This movie would never be shown on any broadcast channels, not even USA, and that's too bad, it's a gem in the rough.

The acting was usually wooden and inconsistent, some of the editing was less than perfect, the sound has that studio resonance, the outfits were truly 70's, the music was eerily close to disco and the story line was old when the Romans dwelled the earth, but it's good B-movie fun.

The girls are pretty in their 70's way sporting the sexually open styles and high, high heel shoes. It is true to it's period in that respect.

I can just picture the screen lighting up with Ginger seducing one of her gullible captors to release her as she slowly sways against her bonds. Movies like this are best left to those of us who like our B-movie cinema.

Sure, in the era of political correctness and equality, it would get it's share of disdaining looks, but when you look back at the movie, especially some of the dancing scenes, you just have to laugh.and realize that even the Romans, the most civilized society, warranted a little debauchery in their own society, and that there was no harm, no foul on the big screen on a warm summer night.