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Ron Ormond (writer)
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A forgotten so-bad-its-good trash classic! more (3 total)

Cast

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Wm. Austin ... Nemo's Boy
Kathy Clifton ... Exotic Lady
Georgette Dante ... Titania, Exotic Stripper
Ronald Drake ... Inspector
Lynn Fontane ... Exotic Stripper
Marilyn Gallo ... Exotic Lady
Jack Horton ... Marty
Chuck Howard ... Nemo's Boy
Lee Hysinger ... Drunk
Diane Jordan ... Exotic Lady
Curtis Keen ... Nemo's Boy
Patty Kelly ... Exotic Stripper
Sleepy LaBeef ... The Swamp Thing
Red Lane ... Nemo's Boy
Pauletta Leeman ... Exotic Lady
Ed Livingston ... Agent
Diane Marshall ... Go Go Girl
Harris Martin ... French Artist
Sonja Massey ... Hippy Dancer
Gene McFall ... Bugeye
Edward B. Moates
Stephanie Moates ... Little Girl
Jimmy Mulcay
Mildred Mulcay
Herb Murray ... Bartender
Ron Ormond ... Nemo (as Vic Narno)
Tim Ormond ... Timmy
Luther Perkins ... Swamper
Peggy Ann Price ... Effie
Danica Ray ... Exotic Lady
Donna Raye
Jim Rose ... The Puss
June Russell ... Belly Dancer
Cecil Scaiffe ... Coke
Billy H. Smith ... Billy Jack
Sam Tarpley ... Stage Manager
Gordon Terry
D. Turner ... Deputy
Winona Warde ... Exotic Lady
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Monster and the Stripper (USA) (video title)
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89 min | 91 min
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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
A forgotten so-bad-its-good trash classic!, 26 September 2007
8/10
Author: TimothyFarrell from Worcester, MA

Ah, Ron Ormond. Only the most studious of cult and psychotronic film buffs are familiar with his work, which is entirely a shame. The man was as visionary and crackpot as Ed Wood but, with the exception of "Mesa of the Lost Women" (far from his finest work), his catalog remains unjustly obscure. However, if you are willing to dig deep, you'll discover a world of undiscovered trash classics, films that deserve to be place in the highest pantheon of so-bad-they're-good classics, from his hicksploitation works to his later born again (but still just as exploitive and wrong headed) Jesus flicks. And this here, "The Monster and the Stripper", is one of his most entertaining outputs, only given competition by "If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?" as the most insane from the Ormond clan.

I can't exactly put into words my adoration for this little flick, but I'll try. The film is set in the sleazy striptease clubs of the 50s (despite being made in 1968), back when the tease part mattered as much as the strip. The film begins with a series of lousy (and hilariously bizarre) stripper acts. The film has a tawdry color scheme that'd put Frank Tashlin and John Waters to outright shame (or delight). The characters are all stock types, including redneck mobsters who run the club. Eventually, a seven foot tall monster is brought in as the star attraction, played by legendary rockabilly singer Sleepy LaBeef. Many plot details are completely unexplained, most of them revolving around the monster. However, that just makes this sleaze classic all the more surreal and its heights of lunacy reach Ed Wood. If you are a dedicated consumer of 60s drive-in swill or Something Weird-style exploitation, than "The Monster and the Stripper" is a must! (8/10)

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