Movie Ad of the Week: The Many Faces of THE LAST VICTIM (1976)

World Premiere - Wednesday, June 23, 1976 - Bettendorf, IA

Jim Sotos' THE LAST VICTIM -- a low-budget, PG-rated thriller starring Tanya Roberts, Ron Max, and Nancy Allen -- had its world premiere at the Spruce Hills Twin Cinema in Bettendorf, Iowa on June 23, 1976.

The film also opened at the Capri Cinema in Rock Island, IA two days later (June 25, 1976).

Above: THE LAST VICTIM in Longview, TX - September 24, 1976

Howard Mahler Films came up with a new campaign for a re-release in 1977 as MR. DEATH. Here it is in Shreveport, LA on September 16, 1977. Although it carries an R rating, the film had actually received a PG from the MPAA in January 1976.

Above: MR. DEATH in Jackson, MS - October 7, 1977

MR. DEATH visits Louisville, KY - November 18, 1977

MR. DEATH was held over in Louisville, but Howard Mahler changed the title and campaign again so it became RAPE IN THE SUBURBS for the week of November 25, 1977!

RAPE IN THE SUBURBS hits Miami - February 24, 1978

Ft. Lauderdale - February 24, 1978

When THE LAST VICTIM was re-released (again!) as FORCED ENTRY in 1983 -- by Sotos' own company, Century International -- it was edited for re-rating and got an R. Above is the ad from when it returned to Ft. Lauderdale on March 18, 1983.

It took another year for FORCED ENTRY to reach the New York area. Opening date: March 9, 1984.

Movie Ad of the Week: THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE w/ MR. DEATH (1977)

A double feature of death from Howard Mahler Films -- THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE and MR. DEATH -- opened in Louisville, KY on November 18, 1977. THE DEATH OF BRUCE LEE is a re-release of THE BLACK DRAGON'S REVENGE (1975), starring Ron Van Clief and Charles Bonet. The second feature, MR. DEATH, is a re-release of Jim Sotos' THE LAST VICTIM, starring Tanya Roberts, Ron Max, and Nancy Allen. Although it carries an R rating here, the film actually received a PG from the MPAA in January 1976. When it was re-released as FORCED ENTRY in 1983 by Sotos' own company, Century International, it was edited for re-rating and got an R.

The Endangered List (Case File #145) - FOUND!

DIRTYMOUTH (1970)

Starring

Bernie Travis (Lenny Bruce)

Courtney Sherman (Iris McCabe)

Wynn Irwin (Lou Hamilton)

Sam Teardrop (Marlene St. Clair)

Harry Spillman (Lewis)

Peter Clune (Mr. Murdock)

Eleanor Cody Gould (Mrs. McCabe)

Bob Allen (Judge – Philadelphia)

Gene Wood (Judge – New York)

Chris Gampel (Defense Attorney)

John Becher (Harry)

Fred Knapp (Defense Attorney – New York)

Jim Thorne (Assistant District Attorney)

Reid Cruickshanks (Brady)

Frank Feda (Ed Newton)

Court Benson (Johnson)

Fuddle Bagley (Comic)

Herb Carter (Smith)

Phil Carter (Gerber)

Horatio Fuller (Tipstaff)

Edward Grace (Capote)

Michael Zettler (Policeman – Philadelphia)

Arthur French (Policeman – Philadelphia)

Dorothy Claire (Mrs. McHenry)

Alice Yourman (Mrs. Amperian)

Gladys Lane (Mrs. Gerber)

Frankie Mann (Himself)

Bob Leslie (Himself)

Written, Produced, Directed

by

Herbert S. Altman

Executive Producer

Claude Schlanger

Photography by

Bert Spielvogel

Edited by

Edna Paul

Music by

Manny Vardi

and

Lenny Hambro

Songs by

The Free Design

Sound

Marvin Dworkin

Makeup

J.J. Jiras

Associate Producers

Alfred Gilbert

and

Allan Altman

Color by Movielab

A

Superior Films

production

Released by

Howard Mahler Films

New York opening: May 19, 1971

Re-released by

The Fanfare Corporation

in 1974

New York re-release: December 13, 1974

Running time: 102 minutes

MPAA rating: R

Thanks to John Charles

The Endangered List (Case File #143)

THREESOME (1969)
a.k.a. MODELS INCORPORATED

Produced and directed
by
Lee Beale
[Brandon Chase]

Written by
Kenneth Pressman

Photographed by
Mikael Salomon

Music by
David Whittaker

Technicolor

A presentation of
V.I. Productions, Ltd.

Released by
Howard Mahler Films, Inc.

Running time: 90 minutes

Released unrated in 1969
MPAA rating: R (1974)

STARRING

SYNOPSIS

THREESOME is the story of Ursula, a beautiful young American girl who meets a Danish fashion designer in New York, marries him and returns with him to his homeland, Denmark. Deep in Ursula’s psyche is buried a trauma which causes her to be emotionally unstable. Until her marriage to Martin, there were no obvious manifestations of her problem. But now, transferred to a totally new environment, in a country where she has no friends, where she can neither speak nor understand the language and where her husband’s business interests keep him from her side, she begins to slip deeper and deeper into an emotional abyss. She becomes involved in nightmarish affairs and finds herself unable to resist sexual advances from men or women. She is torn between what she knows to be right and a sexual morass she cannot control. On the brink of collapse, she enters a mental hospital outside Copenhagen, where she befriends Peter, a young Dane whose problems, though of a different nature from Ursula’s, are nonetheless as severe. Together they try to fight their problems but fail with a resounding crash as Peter dies from an overdose of drugs. His death is doubly overwhelming to Ursula because in her effort to help Peter she was attempting to strengthen her own emotions. Ursula runs away from the hospital in despair and into the arms of Kirsten, Europe’s top fashion model. Ursula finds what she feels is real happiness in this lesbian affair only to be shattered again, when she finds she’s pregnant from her stay with Peter at the hospital. What happens to her life with Kirsten? And what of the child still unborn?

THREESOME is a hard, unrelenting and totally realistic look at what can happen to human beings incapable of functioning under stress and strain.

Re-released in 1980 by Group 1
as MODELS INCORPORATED