Flesh and Lace

Flesh and Lace (1965)

** (out of 4)

Cute blonde Beverly (Heather Hall) works in a bar but her boss is unhappy because her shy ways towards men doesn't lead to many alcohol sales. All of this changes over a short period of time and Bev turns into a nymph where she will play men against one another.

Joe Sarno's FLESH AND LACE contains a lot of plot and in fact there's way too much for its short 73-minute running time. That's certainly the biggest problem facing this picture, which really isn't considered one of the director's better features. The screenplay has a lot of plot, a lot of twists and a lot of characters but none of them are all that interesting and sadly the film gets very boring very quickly.

Another problem with the movie is the Beverly character. She's just not very interesting and I'd argue that there's nothing entertaining about her. It also didn't help that Hall was so wooden in the part. She just doesn't have a bit of energy, passion or anything else going on to make you give a darn about her character. The supporting players are decent at times but they just can't carry the script.

FLESH AND LACE features some nice cinematography and I'd argue it's well-made for what it is but at the same time it's just too slow and boring to work.