Chastity (1969)

Go on a cross country adventure with Cher in her first dramatic film, Chastity. Chastity ('Cher') is a lonely young girl who is hitchhiking across the country in hopes of finding someone to... See full summary »

Director:

Alessio de Paola

Writer:

Sonny Bono

Stars:

Cher, Barbara London, Steve Whittaker

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Cher	...	Chastity (as Chér)
Barbara London	...	Diana Midnight
Steve Whittaker	...	Eddie
Tom Nolan	...	Tommy
Danny Zapien	...	Pimp
Elmer Valentine	...	First Truck Driver
Burke Rhind	...	Salesman
Richard Armstrong	...	Husband
Autumn	...	Prostitute
Joe Light	...	Master of Ceremonies
Dolly Hunt	...	Lady In Church
Jason Clark	...	Second Truck Driver (as Jason Clarke)

Storyline

Go on a cross country adventure with Cher in her first dramatic film, Chastity. Chastity ('Cher') is a lonely young girl who is hitchhiking across the country in hopes of finding someone to love her and make her forget her disturbed past. She does find love with a man whom she calls Andre ('Stephen Whittaker'). Chastity feels that the relationship is getting too serious so she decides to run. She goes to Mexico where she starts working at a whorehouse, there she befriends the strange lesbian owner (Barbara London). Chastity is looking for a mother figure in the woman, but the woman has different feelings for Chastity. She soon realizes that this is not the life for her and decides to return to Andre and try to start a new normal life. Things are good, but not for long as Chastity's dark disturbed past will never let her feel loved by anyone.

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Plot Keywords:

road movie | character name as title | lesbian | hitchhiking | female hitchhiker | 

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Taglines:

What's wrong with-- "Chastity"?

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Честити

Filming Locations:

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Progress Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (DeLuxe) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968, a few places seen in the film still exist there. The restaurant Macayo's is still downtown and is where a man tries to pick her up from his car. Encanto Park doubled as Mexico and St. Mary's Church, which she runs out of, still stands.

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Quotes

Man in car: Hey, you wanna do a thing honey?
Chastity: You gotta have a thing to do a thing, creep.

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Alternate Versions

An "M" rated version of the film has a few different camera camera angles and shots not used in the "R" or "PG" rated versions. It also has some words muted for content. One version does not have Cher's "Band of Theives" song in the closing credits credits. The television and "M" rated versions of the film are the same.

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Connections

Remade as Chastity (2005)

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Soundtracks

Chastity's Song (Band of Theives)
Written by Elyse J. Weinberg
Performed by Cher

User Reviews

A Strange vehicle for Cher

In Cher's first attempt in a dramatic role she is found drifting through her young teenage life searching for her identity.She hitch-hikes to Mexico picking up truck-drivers as well as a boyfriend along the way.Her dysfunctional family and abuse follows her ,haunting her as she lives out her escapades wearing the same top and jeans till it makes you a bit nauseous! Her foray into the comfort of lesbianism,is short-circuited by her traditional American values,and Chastity tries the "straight life" one more failed time.The script is trite,and the story jaded .Cher has said the rough stuff was excluded,as Sonny Bono couldn't stand to see his wife do "those things". All in all a cool 60's trip,with an amateurish and weird aura! Chasity later became the name of Cher's daughter conceived during this movie!