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Mudhoney

  • 19651965
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.3K
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Mudhoney (1965)
  • Drama
It's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to ea... Read allIt's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some travelling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is... Read allIt's 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition. Calif, a stranger with a past walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some travelling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is married to Sidney, a good-for-nothing drunk that frequents the rural equivalent of a whor... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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  • Director
    • Russ Meyer
  • Writers
    • Raymond Friday Locke(screenplay)
    • Billy Sprague(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hal Hopper
    • Antoinette Cristiani
    • John Furlong
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  • Director
    • Russ Meyer
  • Writers
    • Raymond Friday Locke(screenplay)
    • Billy Sprague(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hal Hopper
    • Antoinette Cristiani
    • John Furlong
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    • 17User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
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    Antoinette Cristiani in Mudhoney (1965)
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    Hal Hopper and Rena Horten in Mudhoney (1965)
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    Rena Horten in Mudhoney (1965)
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    Hal Hopper
    Hal Hopper
    • Sidney Brenshawas Sidney Brenshaw
    Antoinette Cristiani
    Antoinette Cristiani
    • Hannah Brenshawas Hannah Brenshaw
    John Furlong
    • Calif McKinneyas Calif McKinney
    Rena Horten
    Rena Horten
    • Eulaas Eula
    Princess Livingston
    Princess Livingston
    • Maggie Marieas Maggie Marie
    Lorna Maitland
    Lorna Maitland
    • Clara Belleas Clara Belle
    Sam Hanna
    • Injoysas Injoys
    Stuart Lancaster
    Stuart Lancaster
    • Lute Wadeas Lute Wade
    • (as Stu Lancaster)
    Nick Wolcuff
    • Sheriff Abelas Sheriff Abel
    Frank Bolger
    • Brother Hansenas Brother Hansen
    Lee Ballard
    • Sister Hansenas Sister Hansen
    Michael Finn
    • Thurmond Pateas Thurmond Pate
    • (as Mickey Foxx)
    Fred Owens
    • Miltonas Milton
    • (as F. Rufus Owens)
    Wilfred Kues
    • Lynch mobas Lynch mob
    • (as W. Kues)
    Charles Felix
    Mike Ferla
    Pete Cunningham
    • Lynch mobas Lynch mob
    • (as Peter Cunningham)
    Bill Gunter
    • Lynch mobas Lynch mob
    • Director
      • Russ Meyer
    • Writers
      • Raymond Friday Locke(screenplay) (based on the novel "Streets Paved With Gold")
      • Billy Sprague(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The rock group Mudhoney took their name from this film. They arguably kick started the grunge genre and were a massive influence on Nirvana. Kurt Cobain used to wear their T-shirts on stage.
    • Quotes

      Sidney Brenshaw: Hanna eh? Look's like Maggie Marie was right. You taking a shine to my woman boy?

      [laughs]

      Sidney Brenshaw: Well damned if you aren't. So that's way you come busting into her room the other night like some little old banty roaster. You're sniffing after her aren't ya boy? Answer me! ANSWER ME! So you got a yearning after my woman eh? Well boy you go ahead and do what you can with her, you're wasting you time. Anna gets riled with me and she hates a lot of things that I do but she's MY woman boy, my woman, and do you know why? Because she needs a MAN, a REAL man not some gutless boy.

      [laughs]

    • Crazy credits
      Closing quote: "One man's evil can become the curse of all." --Publilius Syrus
    • Connections
      Featured in TCM Underground: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!/Mudhoney (2006)

    User reviews17

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    8/10
    Excellent early Meyer flick!
    Mudhoney is an early Russ Meyer film and doesn't feature the same over the top style as his later efforts; but it's surprisingly professional, features an interesting story and has all the sex and sleaze you would expect from the master Russ Meyer. The film is somewhere between a serious drama and a piece of trash and it actually works very well. The film is not as boisterous as Meyer's other 1965 release, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! but it has a style of it's own that still works well. The central plot focuses on Calif McKinney, a drifter travelling to California from Michigan. He stumbles into Missouri and soon gets himself on a job on a farm working for the old landlord, Lute. Calif takes a fancy to Lute's daughter Hannah, but there's a problem because Hannah is married to Sidney; a drunken, adulterous, womanising good for nothing excuse for a man. Sidney has his eye on a share of the farm when Lute kicks the bucket, and colludes with the town preacher to smear Calif's name and protect the inheritance he has no right to...

    Russ Meyer has a habit of pulling memorable performances out of his actors, and he certainly does that here. The film is lead by a great performance courtesy of Hal Hopper as the drunken husband. Hopper leads every scene he's in and it's a really great role for him. The rest of the cast is understated in comparison, but John Furlong looks upstanding next to Hopper and naturally the female talent is something to write home about and Meyer doesn't disappoint with his trademark here. The film is not all that explicit compared to later Meyer films, but there's still plenty of female skin on show which is nice. There's not a lot of violence in the film, though Meyer does provide a few fistfights. The story is always interesting and plenty happens in the film too. Meyer provides some good scenes of suspense and tension too which helps to keep things interesting. If there's a point to this film, it's not put across very well; but that isn't important as this film does what it was clearly intended to do and Mudhoney certainly comes recommended to my fellow Meyer fans!
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    • Feb 18, 2008

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1965 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Rope of Flesh
    • Production company
      • Eve Productions
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    • Budget
      • $60,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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