If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971)

Director:

Ron Ormond

Writers:

Ron Ormond (screenplay)
Estus W. Pirkle (book)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Based on the preachings of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle, this film warns what will happen to America if...

Plot Keywords:

Christian | Bible | Machine Gun | Gore | Rope

Cast

Judy Creech	...	Judy
Cecil Scaife	...	The Commissar
Gene McFall	...	Assisstant Commissar
Wes Saunders	...	Comrade Teacher
La Quinta Scaife
Jim Rose
Billy Kent
Jimmy Little
Carl Haselton
Joe Scaife
Nathan Blackwell
Max Cannon
Bell Kent
Bondy Kent
Greg Pirkle
H.C. Godfrey Curtis Barbery
Glenda Gregory
Bennie Hagle
Carolyn Hudipeth
Sam Davis
Caroll Chism
Keith Miller
Linda Miller
Pat Adams
Charlene Garrison
Johnny Cowart
Woodrow Barnes
Benny Hall
P.E. Moffitt
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Estus W. Pirkle	...	Himself
Ron Ormond	...	(uncredited)
Tim Ormond	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Ormond

Writing credits
Ron Ormond		(screenplay)
Estus W. Pirkle		(book)

Produced by
Estus W. Pirkle	....	producer
Monnie Stanfield	....	producer

Film Editing by
Ron Ormond
Tim Ormond

Production Management
June Carr	....	production supervisor (as June Ormond)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Ormond	....	camera operator
Tim Ormond	....	camera operator

Thanks
Don Crosswhite	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• The Ormond Organization

Other Companies

• Bemiss Road Baptist Church  special thanks
• Beulah Baptist Church  special thanks
• Locust Grove Baptist Church  special thanks
• Westwood Baptist Choral Group  special thanks

Runtime:

52 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

The Ormond Organization

One of the most jaw-dropping films ever made

Thank God for Ron Ormond. Here is an exploitation filmmaker as visionary, surreal, and possibly worse than Ed Wood, but yet his works are still overlooked (with the exception of "Mesa of the Lost Women", not one of his better works). You see, Ormond was a filmmaker in the deep, deep south who churned out exploitation drive-in films with the help of his family. However he survived a plane crash, and decided to devote his life to the lord. Sad way to end a great career? Hardly, as Ormond than decided to make films for the Lord, but he still managed to keep his exploitation style of film-making. This, possibly his most popular film aside from "Mesa", stars fundamentalist preacher Estus W. Pirkle (ya, that is his name) as himself, as he gives a sermon to a bored congregation about the dangers of communism. He says that if we forsake Jesus for the evils of the nation (cartoons, drive-ins, mini-skirts, changing times), than God will lift his protective veil on our nation to make way for those dastardly communists. These communists will rape woman, kidnap and decapitate children, and poke sticks through the children's ears so they can't hear the good word of our "Lawd Jazus Chriast". 'Cause as we know, that's what communists do. I'm pretty sure this film is in the public domain (in fact, I doubt if it was ever copyright to begin with), so why doesn't a company like Something Weird Video re-release this along with a bunch of other Ormond titles to video and DVD? For now, we have to stick to the low-grade bootlegs (which there are plenty of for this film). It's definitely worth the bootleg price to own this film. (7/10)