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There is something going on in suburbia: While the men are away in the
city to work, the women tend to have affairs, to such an extent that
unemployed Lou (W.B.Parker) has an idea: Why not organize a swinger club
in which all the members wear masks and cloaks and can shag all they want
in happy anonymity. He does so, and before long, the club becomes a raving
success.
But who are the costumers ?
There's Lisa (Marla Ellis), who feels neglected by her husband (Joseph
Garri) and her lover (Richard Tatro) alike, and who, when not at club
meetings, succumbs more and more to drinking.
Then there's Geraldine (Audrey Campbell), who is simply insatiable for
sex, and since her husband (Derek Crane) is out most of the time, she has
sex with a wide array of men, including Jimmy (Wayne Roberts), the friend
of her teenage daughter Kathy (Judy Young).
And then there's of course young Kathy, who was shocked when at the
same day Jimmy tried to have sex with her and she found her mother
with another man. In her desperation she turned to Yvette (Dyanne Thorne),
allegedly Lou's sister, but really his lover. Soon enough, the two women
become very friendly and start a lesbian affair - and from here on it's
just a small step to joining a swinger club ...
Of course, the whole organisation blows up eventually when on one hand
Lisa loses her mind and can#t ahve sex anymore without cloak and mask and
on the other hand when Geraldine finds out that her daughter has joined
the same club she has - which leaves young Kathy with nothing else to do
but not only leave the club and her mother, but even the village, to start
somewhere else anew ...
Today this film is mainly marketed on the fact that it features Ilsa
Dyanne Thorne and Olga
Audrey Campbell, both dirty film icons in their own right, in a film about
swinger clubs - which is enough to suggest maximum sleaze. Yet one mustn't
forget that this film was made in 1964, and while the film really is about
sex and leaves no doubt about it, there is no actual nudity in the film.
Plus, since the director of the film is Joe Sarno, the film's emphasis is
more on emotional drama than on the sensationalistic aspects of the story,
and actually focusses more on the actresses' acting than their charms. now
this might make the film sound boring, which in fact it isn't, it's one of
Sarno's best-written movies and his generic talent as a director keeps it
from getting boring despite long stretches of dialogue.
Pretty good actually, just don't expect smut.
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