Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town

1975

Drama / Romance

6
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 584 584

erotic movie

Director

Joseph W. Sarno Photo
Joseph W. Sarno

Top cast

Sonny Landham Photo
Sonny Landham as Bo
Jennifer Welles Photo
Jennifer Welles as Drucilla
Alex Mann Photo
Alex Mann as Tyler
Jennifer Jordan Photo
Jennifer Jordan as Abigail
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919.19 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 37
1.67 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 77

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Musicianmagic 7 / 10

A Sarno Classic that fans of the genre must watch

Joe Sarno was a prolific & respected Writer/Director of numerous sexploitation films. A genre that is often misunderstood. This is one of Sarno's best and an example of how sexploitation can be a quality movie, not just fluff. This is strictly soft-core, sex is more plot and character development. Even if you never watched or purposely avoided watching a sexploitation movie before, you might want to try this gem. Abigail Lesley has a cast of actors mainly known for hardcore, but as proven here, they actually can act. It often is not common knowledge that many started or had aspirations of Broadway plays or Hollywood films. There are some good quality albeit not Oscar winning performances. The script & story written by Joe Sarno is very engaging. The story definitely comes before the sex (again strictly soft-core) in importance although as often the case with his movies, sex though not necessarily the act, is what drives the story. Sarno also has a habit of strong woman characters as here contrary to what Hollywood has done until recently. Often the sex does not make sense without following the dialogue, one of the traits of a quality sexploitation film. It should be noted this movie was done on a very small budget, filmed in days not months. Yet as an example of how great Sarno was as a Director, it does not play as such. The character of Abigail Lesley is who drives the plot and binds together all the other characters. She returns to the town to cause trouble of course. But the main character is Priscilla played by Rebecca Brooke who has also been credited as Mary Mendum in other films. She started performing in plays and shows her acting ability here. The rest of the cast including Eric Edwards, Jamie Gillis and others also give very credible performances. This is an excellent movie even if the sex scenes were removed although they are a definite part of the story. It also is a fantastic example of the work of Joseph W. Sarno. Give it a watch!
Reviewed by grand_duke_bjg 7 / 10

I've seen better porn - I've seen worse art house film

Reviewed by melvelvit-1 7 / 10

What goes around comes around

She hightailed it after a scandal but now ABIGAIL LESLEY IS BACK IN TOWN and the old gang's creamin' their jeans, let me tell ya. They all knew each other back in high school when they either lusted after or had sex with each other and now, ten years later, it's happening all over again, their marriages be damned... Joe Sarno's oneiric 1975 (im)morality tale has a number of superstars from The Golden Age Of Porn (Jamie Gillis, Jennifer Welles, Eric Edwards) doing softcore (where a modicum of acting replaces penetration) and guess what- nobody breaks the suspension of disbelief or embarrassed themselves. This may be softcore porn but it inhabits the same universe as it's XXX brethren -a world where sexual fulfillment is the most important thing in life. It's the only thing, in fact, and if it isn't, there's something wrong with you, like Priscilla (Rebecca Brooke). I was down with it but tremors began to crack the terrain when a couple of characters professed their love at the end (Abigail to Priscilla, Priscilla & Chester to each other) and I had a Scarlett O'Hara moment when I thought, "But where will they go? What will they do?" because not one of them worked or did much of anything besides think or worry about sex when they weren't actually having it. In this universe there's nothing wrong (as Priscilla found out) that a little liberation can't cure so I was gobsmacked when Priscilla told Chester that the only way they could be happy was to "leave this place". Why? Are they running from a past they had no trouble embracing in more ways than one? That revelation turned this universe on its ear and my comprehension crumbled along with it. The cock-blocking mixed message confounded me but the film's anatomical and pastoral (a New England fishing village) tableaux were so nice to look at, I didn't care. It was filmed in Amityville, Long Island but I'm not reel sure what possessed writer/director Sarno. Not that it matters, of course -I was spellbound. I was surprised beautiful leading lady Rebecca Brooke (aka Mary Mendum) wasn't the titular vixen but her Priscilla was the film's focal point and she its star. Brooke was found floating in a Boca Raton, Florida canal a couple of years ago, "accidently drowned" but I can't find out anything more about it.
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