Abigail Leslie Is Back In Town

Abigail Leslie Is Back In Town
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph W. Sarno
Written byJoseph W. Sarno
StarringMary Mendum
Jennifer Jordan
Eric Edwards
Jamie Gillis
CinematographyBil Godsey
Edited byJoseph W. Sarno
Music byJack Justis
Production
company
High Ground Productions
Distributed byMonarch Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • September 1974 (1974-09)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Abigail Leslie Is Back In Town (also known as The Sexpert) is a 1974 American sexploitation film written and directed by Joseph W. Sarno and starring Mary Mendum and Jennifer Jordan.[1][2]

The film was theatrically released in September 1975.[3] It was broadcast on US TV in 1983.[4]

Plot

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A seductive woman who left her small fishing town long ago after being caught with another woman's husband, returns to shake up the place by seducing everyone, including the woman and her girlfriends.

Cast

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Reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Full marks to Joe Sarno for at least trying. Where most sexploiter direction is as limp as the organs displayed, Sarno extracts genuine performances from his cast, manages to make one listen to the dialogue with rather more than passing interest, and stages his scenes with very creditable dramatic flair. ... Given the need to provide a full quota of sex, the plot gets sillier and sillier as it grows increasingly schematic; and despite the pleasing ambivalence carefully built up around the character of Misty ... the film ultimately treats her as little more than the routine sexual catalyst shaking up provincial repressions."[5]

References

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  1. ^ Aros, Andrew A. (1986). A Title Guide to the Talkies, 1975 Through 1984. Scarecrow Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780810818682.
  2. ^ Willis, John A. (1976). John Willis' Screen World. Crown. p. 118.
  3. ^ "Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town (1975) - Release info". IMDb.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Television: Evening, June 1–3 and 6-7". New York Magazine: 127. 6 June 1983.
  5. ^ "Abigail Leslie Is Back In Town". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 46 (540): 153. 1 January 1979 – via ProQuest.
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