A guilty pleasure, to be sure, "Claudelle Inglish" is thoroughly enjoyable pulp trash, and I say that with great affection. Actress Diane McBain mines the same territory as Caroll Baker in "Baby Doll" in a role one could easily see being played by Sue Lyon, Joey Heatherton, or Tuesday Weld.
The title character becomes the belle of the ball in the backwoods of rural Georgia after her plans for her future (with fellow actor Chad Everett) get thrown under the school bus. The parents, wonderfully played by Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford, get the chance to show their stuff once the drama boils up to its inevitable over-the-top crescendo(s).
Momma wants her daughter to end up with the wealthy, smitten landowner (Claude Akins) who's land they occupy as tenant farmers. Papa is content to let Claudelle make her own decisions about love, until it becomes her favorite after-school activity, that is. And when the love-boat drifts wildly off-course, momma Constance decides to take tawdry matters into her own restless hands.
There are some unintentional laughs inherent in a pine-woods potboiler such as this, and one could imagine what a director like Russ Meyer would do with such material a few years later. A film that is definitely worth your time.
The title character becomes the belle of the ball in the backwoods of rural Georgia after her plans for her future (with fellow actor Chad Everett) get thrown under the school bus. The parents, wonderfully played by Arthur Kennedy and Constance Ford, get the chance to show their stuff once the drama boils up to its inevitable over-the-top crescendo(s).
Momma wants her daughter to end up with the wealthy, smitten landowner (Claude Akins) who's land they occupy as tenant farmers. Papa is content to let Claudelle make her own decisions about love, until it becomes her favorite after-school activity, that is. And when the love-boat drifts wildly off-course, momma Constance decides to take tawdry matters into her own restless hands.
There are some unintentional laughs inherent in a pine-woods potboiler such as this, and one could imagine what a director like Russ Meyer would do with such material a few years later. A film that is definitely worth your time.