Vincene Wallace in The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1968)

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The Secret Sex Lives of Romeo and Juliet (1968) is another costumer from Harry Novak, and shares a DVD with The Notorious Cleopatra. The film included some interesting cast members, including cult director William Rostler, director of many films Bethel G. Buckalew (who is actually named John Cole), and Jay Fineberg and Jimmy Johnson who owned and managed the Pussycat Theaters. The film was made in three to four weeks in a one-room store studio; each wall was turned into a different setup. They adopted a Laugh-in approach, with lines like "beautiful downtown Verona," "sock it to me," and "Here come da prince." The film is full of red bush and is very loosely based on Shakespeare's work. Juliet is far from a blushing virgin and wants to get together with that hot stud, Romeo, but their parents are feuding.

The film was a pure delight in the drive-ins when it was released and is still seeing distribution to this day. It is a late 60's skin flick, suitable as a date film, and is well photographed, well acted, and full of good-looking women and hot sex scenes. Based on that, it is a C+.

Nudity Report: Deirdre Nelson as Juliet, Karen Thomas, Antoinette Maynard and Dorthea Cristie as maids, and Mickey Jines, who plays Lady Capulet have sex with everyone, and all of the women show everything over and over.

IMDb Summary: Eight people at IMDb have this at 4.5 of 10.

Box Office: Total budget was about $200K, and Novak claimed that it grossed millions.

DVD Info: The transfer is beautiful, this time with a Widescreen transfer, and a feature length commentary from a whole crowd, including Novak. Asked if he would make a sequel, Novak said it would be too expensive to do nowadays.


Written by Tuna…courtesy of Scoopy.net