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| Laurence Harvey | ... | Dove Linkhorn | |
| Capucine | ... | Hallie | |
| Jane Fonda | ... | Kitty Twist | |
| Anne Baxter | ... | Teresina Vidaverri | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Jo / Jo Courtney | |
| Joanna Moore | ... | Miss Precious | |
| Richard Rust | ... | Oliver | |
| Karl Swenson | ... | Schmidt | |
| Don 'Red' Barry | ... | Dockery (as Donald Barry) | |
| Juanita Moore | ... | Mama | |
| John Anderson | ... | Preacher | |
| Ken Lynch | ... | Frank Bonito | |
| Todd Armstrong | ... | Lt. Omar Stroud (as Todd Anderson) | |
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At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Music by Elmer Bernstein
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In 1930s New Orleans Texan Laurence Harvey (!!) finds one time lover Capucine (!!!) working in a bordello. He wants to take her away, but the bordello's lesbian madam, Barbara Stanwyck wants Capucine for herself. Then there's Jane Fonda as a real wild girl...
Film starts off with a great title sequence that perfectly sets the tone of the film--loud, brassy and dirty. This was probably considered pretty controversial it its time (in fact it's never made totally clear than Stanwyck is a lesbian, but there are hints all over the place), but it's a camp classic now. It's sleazy but lots on fun with tons of campy dialogue to spare. Apparantely this film had a very whimsical casting director--Harvey (an English actor) and Capucine (a French actress) play Texans and Anne Baxter (in a black fright wig) is a Mexican!
The acting varies--Harvey is just OK with a credible Texas accent; Fonda is really great projecting raw sexuality; Capucine is beautiful but wooden; Stanwyck chews the scenery in a very amusing way and Baxter turns in a very moving and great performance.
Lots of fun with the right crowd--I saw it years ago with a gay and lesbian crowd and we laughed all the way through it!