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Troy's Comeback

By PAUL CHAPLIN

Troy Donahue (remember
"Surfside Six"?) is making his
first movie in some time
(didn't his last one have Connie
Stevens in it?). The film is
"Sweet Savior", and no one
would probably have ever
heard of it had it not been for
Rex Reed's syndicated column
about Troy's big comeback.
Rex should have done us all a
favor and kept his mouth shut.

Attempting to cash in on
the Manson-Tate murder
controversy and hysteria (a
little late), the film is really a
skin flick at heart (or
elsewhere) "Moon", the sweet
savior of the title is the son of
a preacher, has a "family"
(sounds like "J.C.", from a
couple of weeks ago), and goes
out and kills "pigs" (end of
similarity to "J.C."). The
freaks, however, are the guests
of some swinging New York
suburbanites, invited to
organize an evening of sex and
drugs.

There's something for
everyone at the party: a drag
queen, lesbianism, sadism,
bondage (no bestiality, but
yes, there is nymphomania),
drugs, and in the last fifteen
minutes, the mass murders.
After sitting through
seventy-five minutes of no plot
(a lot of skin and an
asynchronous sound track), I
was really curious to see how
the murders would be done.
But, alas, absolutely no taste,
style or flair (which is
remarkable coming from a film
which has a nude woman doing
handstands and spreading her
legs) is forthcoming.

The man responsible for
this disaster is Bob Roberts,
who produced, wrote and
directed the film. The acting
(the little there is) is terrible,
and the people on the screen
aren't even interesting to look
at

So remember that film:
"Sweet Savior", the film that's
going to make Troy Donahue a
household word again, and put
his face on every movie screen
in America, even if it should
play every drive-in in the
country first!

(Now at the Cinema)