Deliciously bad films are always so much fun to watch and in the case of this wacky prison farm drama, it is filled with every camp element available. The only thing that is missing is Hope Emerson standing over the prisoners on John Russell's prison farm with a whip. Instead of that we have Lurene Tuttle as the judge sentencing everybody who comes through her Court to Russell's farm, supposedly cutting in on the profits. no sooner has she sentenced sisters Lori Nelson and Mamie Van Doren to the farm, and before they have even left the court, she's waving and ecstasy at her newly arrived son, Don Burnett. He is a kind soul who has been off in college and when he gets a job working at the farm at a regular salary, he notices the cruelties in which Van doren, Nelson and the others are being treated and strives to stop Russell in his tracks. But a secret between his mom and Russell is too much for him to bear and it takes him standing up for what's right to turn things around.
While the temptation is there for those of us who categorize our movie collection to put this in as a musical, I would not make that determination myself. I classify this as a cult movie which happens to have a few songs and dance numbers, sung deliciously bad by Van Doren, an even more poor man's Jayne Mansfield who was the poor man's Marilyn Monroe. The acting for the most part is pretty atrocious with everybody directed to overact and bray their lines. The musical numbers are hysterically funny with a cotton song sung by a bad Elvis impersonator and a Calypso finale that has to be seen to be believed. Still, it's satisfying as fun trash, one to share with friends over cocktails on a Saturday night and laugh over.
While the temptation is there for those of us who categorize our movie collection to put this in as a musical, I would not make that determination myself. I classify this as a cult movie which happens to have a few songs and dance numbers, sung deliciously bad by Van Doren, an even more poor man's Jayne Mansfield who was the poor man's Marilyn Monroe. The acting for the most part is pretty atrocious with everybody directed to overact and bray their lines. The musical numbers are hysterically funny with a cotton song sung by a bad Elvis impersonator and a Calypso finale that has to be seen to be believed. Still, it's satisfying as fun trash, one to share with friends over cocktails on a Saturday night and laugh over.