DVD released: January 29, 2008.
Approximate running time: 80 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1.33.1 Fullscreen
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital Mono
DVD Release: Retro-Seduction Cinema
Region Coding: NTSC Region 1 

Retail Price: $29.95

Reviewed by:
Ian Jane on December 18, 2007.

Liz Adams (Lana Lynn) is a young woman aspiring to be an actress. So desperate to make it to the big time is she that she’s literally willing to do whatever it takes to make it on Broadway. Upon her arrival in New York City, she hooks up with an up and coming actor. From there, she meets a stage director and uses her considerable female charm to persuade him. Eventually Liz meets up with Connie Mason (Rusty Allen), a pretty young woman who makes a living as a model. The two become roommates and things are going fine until Connie learns the truth about Liz and her overly ambitious methods.  

As the girls go about their business, the eventually find themselves in Greenwich Village attending a swanky party made up of artists and hipsters and actors and such. Of course, the party soon turns into an orgy which causes the rather chaste Connie to split as quickly as she can. Liz, on the other hand, is on the downward spiral in a big, big way and she decides to go for it… after all, at this point in the game, what has the girl got to lose? 

Directed by Jerald Intrator (credited here as J. Nehemiah), the same man who gave us The Curious Dr. Humpp, Satan In High Heels and who shot the insert footage for Night Of The Bloody Apes, the film also played theatrically as The Sexperts: Touched By Temptation, The Xperts (likely to make it more marketable in more conservative locales), and simply Touched By Temptation. While it may have been racy material at the time, by today’s standards the film really is quite tame. That said, it’s not without interest and there are a few quirks about this picture which make it worth a look for trash film fans. 

First up are the inserts. For whatever reason, for a few scenes here and there, the film switches from high contrast black and white to trippy looking Eastman Color. While these inserts completely interrupt the narrative flow of the film, they’re definitely interesting looking and probably added some serious marketability to the film during it’s original theatrical run. The film also features an appearance from none other than Olga herself, Miss Audrey Campbell, who can be seen delivering a fine on-camera bump and grind routine towards the end of the picture. Audrey didn’t make many pictures but her turn as Olga immortalized her in the minds of many roughie fans and it’s always a treat when one of her more obscure appearances sees the light of day – for the record, the film is released on home video for the first time ever by way of this DVD. 

It should be noted that the film was produced by the infamous William Mishkin, known for bankrolling such notorious films as Fight For Your Life, and much of the late Andy Milligan’s cinematic legacy. Charles Ross, who wrote The Wild World of Jayne Mansfield is credited with the script and the film features some interesting time capsule footage of late sixties era New York City. The plot is a little on the pedestrian side and not particularly original but there’s enough interesting people involved and enough oddball charm to the movie that it’s certainly worthwhile.

The movie is more interesting as a curiosity item than as an actual narrative but it does have a few interesting moments and the presence of Audrey Campbell definitely gives it some historical value. Retro-Seduction Cinema have definitely gone the extra mile on this release, however, as they’ve stacked it with interesting and enjoyable extras and really done a solid job on the presentation.

Lana Lynn, Rusty Allen, Ken Naarden, John Lyon, Lonnie Maggio,