Common Law Cabin

Common Law Cabin (original title How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?) is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran.^[1][2]

Common Law Cabin
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Written by	Russ Meyer Jack Moran
Starring	Alaina Capri Babette Bardot Jack Moran
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Music by	Igo Kantor
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	70 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Dewey Hoople (Jack Moran) runs a broken down tourist trap along the Colorado River along with his French wife Babette (Babette Bardot) and his daughter Coral (Adele Rein). Business is so bad that Hoople must pay a local alcoholic (Frank Bolger as "Cracker") to entice tourists, called "suckers", to spend some time and money there.

Cast

• Babette Bardot as Babette
• Frank Bolger as Cracker
• Alaina Capri as Sheila Ross
• John Furlong as Dr. Martin Ross
• Andrew Hagara as Laurence Talbot III
• Jackie Moran as Dewey Hoople
• Adele Rein as Coral Hoople
• Ken Swofford as Barney Rickert

Production

It was co-written by Russ Meyer and Jack Moran, and filmed on location on the Colorado River in Arizona. Other portions of the film were shot in the Coachella Valley, California.^[3]

Reception

Roger Ebert later wrote the film, along with Good Morning and Goodbye, was "not among Meyer's best later work. The plots are too diffuse to maintain dramatic tension, the acting is indifferent, and there is an uncharacteristic amount of aimless dialogue. In retrospect, however, these films can be seen as Meyer's gradual disengagement from plot."^[4]

See also

• List of American films of 1967