Tobacco Roody (1972)

Director:

Bethel Buckalew

Writer:

Bethel Buckalew (written by)

Release Date:

1 September 1972 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Each Time It Was Harder-- And Harder!

Plot:

A southerner comforting his buxom stepdaughter, his young wife seducing a sheriff and getting sexually blackmailed by a banker, their sleeping daughters approached by drunk farmers. Just another standard day in a hillbilly farm. |

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Hillbilly | Extramarital Affair | Vagina | Unfaithful Wife

Cast

Dixie Donovan	...	Tootie (as Dixie Donavan)
Johnny Rocco	...	Mose
Debbie Osborne	...	Liz
Wendy Winders	...	Lulu
Gigi Perez	...	Caroline
Bruce Kimball	...	Sheriff (as John Law)
Joe Dunnigan	...	Farmer
Tom A. Sipress	...	Farmer
Clydde Stone	...	Farmer
Maxine DeVille France	...	Danielle
Bethel Buckalew	...	Harry (as Buckaroo)
Jack Richesin	...	Parker

Directed by
Bethel Buckalew		(as Buckalew)

Writing credits
Bethel Buckalew		(written by) (as Buckalew)

Produced by
Bethel Buckalew	....	producer (as Buckalew)
Harry H. Novak	....	producer

Original Music by
Harold Hensley
Hal Southern

Cinematography by
Dwayne Avery		(director of photography) (as Dwayne Raven)

Film Editing by
Michael Bennett		(as Mike Bennett)

Production Management
James Andrien	....	production manager (as Jim Andrien)

Sound Department
Bob Lee	....	sound

Other crew
Pam Eddy	....	script supervisor

Distributors

• Boxoffice International Pictures (BIP) (1970) (USA) (theatrical)
• Marden Films (1972) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2002) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)

Other Companies

• Cinemagraphics  stills (as CinemaGraphic)

Also Known As:

"Lust auf heiße Lippen" - West Germany

Runtime:

84 min (DVD edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Prostitution Pornography USA (1971)

Who in the hell is Bethel Buckalew?

Nevermind, he's dead, anyway. A better question would be, who was Buckalew? Yet, an even better question would be, what was wrong with this man? I've heard things like, Buckalew was given credit for certain embarrassments, that other directors didn't want on their resume, which makes me wonder, whether or not Buckalew had anything at all to do with this particular embarrassment. As if it matters. In the early 70's, someone, possibly Buckalew, directed a hand full of soft-core, Hixploitation epics, that weren't necessarily funny for soft-core standards, or even B-movie standards, it's just that, they aren't what you would expect. Anyway, this is one of them. Tobacco Roody is about a back-woods family, not unlike The Beverly Hillbillies, who do pretty much nothing but get laid. Well, they also drink a lot of Moonshine. Mose loves his daughters a lot, but he loves his adopted daughter, Tootie, just a little more. Even the wife is OK. Tootie's sisters hate her because she gets all the attention, so no one will play with her. Not to worry, Tootie, Mose knows you're special. Meanwhile, the real daughters have found their own specialness, with each other, in the creek, as well as the barn, and the wife, Liz (who looks no older than the daughters) is busy "paying the rent." Somewhere in between the sex sessions, and drinkin' sessions, they manage to squeeze in a little dialog, which turns out to be the most entertaining part. Come to think of it, this is exactly what you would expect. I actually didn't realize this was a full-blown, soft-core porn. I thought Tobacco Roody just sounded like a funny B-movie, which happened to have a few sex scenes, but this one, pretty much, has one purpose. As far as soft-core porn goes, this is still an improvement over what they put out these days. As far as B-movies go, Tobacco Roody can be hilarious, at times, especially if you've been drinking. For more half-ass, hick-porn, check out Southern Comforts (on the same DVD.) Recommended to... I guess, anyone who can't get enough soft-core. I realize, this one doesn't deserve a very high rating, but somehow, I feel compelled to give 'ol Buckalew (or whoever) a break, probably has something to do with the constant nudity. 7/10