The Flesh Merchant (1956)

Director:

W. Merle Connell

Writers:

Jay M. Kude (writer)
Peter Perry Jr. (writer)

Release Date:

1963 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Blasts the lid off an infamous Hollywood vice racket!

Plot:

A girl visiting her sister in Hollywood hopes for a modeling career, but is tricked by pimps into working at a brothel. |

Plot Keywords:

Prostitution | Cult Favorite

Cast

Joy Reynolds	...	Nancy Sheriden / Walker
Geri Moffatt
Marko Perri	...	Vito Perini
Norman Wright	...	Bernie Sokol
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raymond Guth
Fred Humphrey
Lyle Kirk
Guy Manford
Debbie Marshall
Lisa Rack	...	Paula Sheridan
Sam Rosen
Edward Schaaf
Ted Soares
Wayne Winton

Also Known As:

The Wild and the Wicked (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

USA:60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:R

Company:

Sonney Amusement Enterprises Inc.

Quotes:

Nancy Sheriden: It's so peaceful... Nature in the raw!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Sleazemania! (1985) (V)

"Don't let this happen to YOU " flick from the 50s.

i wondered if i was watching the same movie shown here, since on the back of the "Cult Classics Collection" (Mill Creek, 2006) the run time is listed as 90 minutes (its really 60, as IMDb correctly shows). In addition, on IMDb, the title is Flesh Merchant, with the subtitle Wild and Wicked. The acting is just hideous, the sound is iffy, the photography not bad. This was directed by Merle Connell, who incidentally, directed Test Tube Babies, also on the Cult Collection. A young girl comes to the big city to visit her sister and be successful. Right off, she lands a job as a nude model, quite willingly, where they convince her to go to "The Colony"....where the rewards are even better, and her roommate is called "Easy".... This was the only acting gig for most of the cast, and we can see why. It has the feel of a really low budget John Waters movie, but without the fun characters and plot. Whenever the star says her name "Nancy Walker", I can't help but think of the real Nancy Walker, who would have been 34 when this movie came out. The real Nancy had made four films by 1956, so i have to think she had the name first, since her birth name was "Anna Myrtle Swoyer", and appears to have changed it by 1943. Producer Dan Sonney must have made big bucks off this flick, since he sure didn't spend it on actors or location. He also was the producer for "Knockers Up", "My Tale is Hot", and "Daughter of Fanny Hill" in the 1960s. Gotta love it. Will make a fun rental ,but I sure wouldn't spend more than a dollar or two to see it.