Butterfly – Der blonde Schmetterling (1981)

Butterfly – Der blonde Schmetterling: Directed by Matt Cimber. With Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton. In 1937 Nevada, silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler is reunited with his teenage daughter Kady who will do anything to persuade Jess to let her have claim to the mine.

“Once again, as I write this, I gotta tell ya, I saw this on the u0026quot;Zu0026quot; Channel in Los Angeles in the early 80u0026#39;s. I had three emotions while seeing this..one was, u0026quot;This is messed upu0026quot; then laughter, and one more was: u0026quot;Pia Zadora isnu0026#39;t THAT bad of an actress.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou see, it WAS the 80u0026#39;s. Pia had an on screen u0026quot;somethingu0026quot; that with the right vehicle could have given her a decent film career. Leading Lady? No way. The second or third important female role? You betcha. Such as u0026quot;the wicked sisteru0026quot; or u0026quot;the backstabbing girl friendu0026quot; roles, with the type of stuff that was coming out then. She could have been a u0026quot;cheap rentu0026quot; Jane Seymour type in films playing those rolls. But she got this one…and it wasnu0026#39;t that great. The story was all over the place, the sexual tension was laughable and…very confusing at times. This film is bad, but top 200 bad, not top 50 bad.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe gosh-awful script didnu0026#39;t help ANYONE in this film. It was bad. There is a bit of u0026quot;campu0026quot; film quality running through this film at points, not enough to make it a u0026quot;good-campu0026quot; film to redeem it. A lot of misguided areas here, a hodgepodge of a story and a lot of wasted talent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThank goodness for all involved, there was a paycheck waiting for them at the end.”