Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town (1975)

Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town (1975). 1h 40m | R

“She hightailed it after a scandal but now ABIGAIL LESLEY IS BACK IN TOWN and the old gangu0026#39;s creaminu0026#39; 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, itu0026#39;s happening all over again, their marriages be damned… u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJoe Sarnou0026#39;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 itu0026#39;s XXX brethren -a world where sexual fulfillment is the most important thing in life. Itu0026#39;s the only thing, in fact, and if it isnu0026#39;t, thereu0026#39;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 u0026amp; Chester to each other) and I had a Scarlett Ou0026#39;Hara moment when I thought, u0026quot;But where will they go? What will they do?u0026quot; because not one of them worked or did much of anything besides think or worry about sex when they werenu0026#39;t actually having it. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn this universe thereu0026#39;s nothing wrong (as Priscilla found out) that a little liberation canu0026#39;t cure so I was gobsmacked when Priscilla told Chester that the only way they could be happy was to u0026quot;leave this placeu0026quot;. 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 filmu0026#39;s anatomical and pastoral (a New England fishing village) tableaux were so nice to look at, I didnu0026#39;t care. It was filmed in Amityville, Long Island but Iu0026#39;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) wasnu0026#39;t the titular vixen but her Priscilla was the filmu0026#39;s focal point and she its star. Brooke was found floating in a Boca Raton, Florida canal a couple of years ago, u0026quot;accidently drownedu0026quot; but I canu0026#39;t find out anything more about it.”