One of my fellow reviewers around here concluded his user-comment by stating "You can find something better to do with this part of your life". Well, no argument there, you can indeed
But then of course, you'd miss out on one of the most joyful, undemanding and shamelessly entertaining American sex-comedies of the 70's. "The Pigkeeper's Daughter" offers a series of silly sex clips connected through an ultra-thin storyline. High up in hillbilly country, the voluptuous wife of pig keeper Swiner worries about the future of their daughter Moonbeam. The girl's already 19 years old and, God forbid, she hasn't found a husband yet! Local boys, like 'stud'' Jasper, frequently pass by to take advantage of willing Moonbeam's luscious body, but they clearly don't have the intention to marry her. Parallel with the steamy adventures on the pig farm, we follow the journey of a traveling salesman. He sings a song about how easy it is to rip off country folks, but it is in fact he who constantly gets fooled. He loses all his money and dignity to a 15-year-old hitchhiker, the pig keeper's wife and eventually Moonbeam herself. "The Pig Keeper's Daughter" is fairly reminiscent to a Russ Meyer movie, but with even less of a plot. All the female cast members have at least a DD-cup size and they're rather open-minded (that is quite an understatement) about their sexualities. The men, on the other hand, are filthier than the pigs wandering around the farm and merely just looking for someone to feast their lusts on. All ladies go full frontal, naturally, but also get prepared to see a lot of hairy and unappealing naked male flesh. Hey, just be glad that the pig keeper, Mr. Swines, keeps his beer-stained shirt and trousers on at all times. The yokel dialogs and accents are extremely amusing, some of the gags are incredibly tasteless and misfit (for example, the salesman encountering a tied up guy) and therefore all the more hilarious and the women's casting clearly just happened based on their chest measurements. What's there to complain about?
13 Reviews
Hee Haw gone wild
movieman_kev14 May 2007
Hillbilly Mr. and Mrs. Swiner plan to marry their daughter Moonbeam (Terry Gibson in sadly her only film role) off, when along comes a traveling salesman in this backwoods sexploitation film from the early '70's. Produced by the extremely prolific Harry Novak and Directed by Bethel Buckalew (the only previous film of his I saw was the atrocious "Below The Belt", so i went into watching this one a bit hesitantly). The plot, be that as it may, is of course strictly secondary, almost non-existent, to the soft-core sex scenes. And man oh man, what hard soft-core scenes there are. If one were to add a shot here and there, BAM hardcore on the spot. I wasn't expecting much at all, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found myself enjoying the film, corny jokes, bad acting, abrupt ending and all. Just one question, who the hell was the actress who played the huge-breasted hitchhiking nymph??
Eye Candy: Peggy Church, Terry Gibson, that aforementioned unknown actress & Gina Paluzzi show all
Something Weird's DVD extras (R1): Seven minute gallery of Harry Novak exploitation art & photos with radio-spot rarities; short film: "the Old Man's Bride"; Theatrical trailer; and trailers for "Country Cuzzins", "Country Hooker", "Midnite Plowboy", "Southern Comforts", "Tobacco Roody", & "Sassy Sue" (the last of which is also included in this double-feature DVD)
My Grade: C+
Eye Candy: Peggy Church, Terry Gibson, that aforementioned unknown actress & Gina Paluzzi show all
Something Weird's DVD extras (R1): Seven minute gallery of Harry Novak exploitation art & photos with radio-spot rarities; short film: "the Old Man's Bride"; Theatrical trailer; and trailers for "Country Cuzzins", "Country Hooker", "Midnite Plowboy", "Southern Comforts", "Tobacco Roody", & "Sassy Sue" (the last of which is also included in this double-feature DVD)
My Grade: C+
odd glimpses indicate reasonable levels of excitement!
christopher-underwood12 January 2007
Youngsters fumbling and frolicking in a farmyard setting with natural light and an OK element of humour give this movie a great start BUT the trading sex for perfume scene with the exceptionally plain and ugly breasted pig keeper's wife almost drops this one right in the sh**. That it recovers is due to a return to outside shooting and fun and games with the daughter culminating in a fine outdoor bath scene and splendid end. These Novak produced films of the seventies seem to have been shot with full penetrative sex and then angled and edited to reduce impact to acceptable levels. Certainly the couples seem keen enough and odd glimpses indicate reasonable levels of excitement!
Country Lovin' Down In The Mud
Schlockmeister7 January 2003
This movie follows the basic porn movie formula of just using plot to get to the next sex scene. In this case, this is one of Novak's several "Hee Haw" influenced country sex romps.
This was just before hardcore porn was seen in movie theatres so there were definate limits as to what would be shown. No erections, certainly no visible penetration, no visible oral sex, no open crotch shots. But barring all that, this film shows just about everything else, really pushing the line of softcore. Everything is simulated but I think this would be a movie that cable companies would balk at showing.
I am very much attracted to movies like this, they turn me on to see them. In thinking about why, I have decided that part of it is the lure of the forbidden, knowing the conditions these movies were originally shown in. They were considered to be "dirty movies" and there were stigmas attached to admitting you watched films like this. Another reason is the natural bodies, the less-than-perfect looks of the women. These are women you are far more likely to meet on a daily basis than siliconed porn stars. That certainly helps the fantasy along. Part of it too is the ineptness and general sleaziness of productions like this. They were made for the quick buck with no concern for anything beside an hour and a half of stimulation of the male sexual center in the brain. It is unapologetic in it's purpose. Yes, the acting is horrible, but once they remove their tops you know exactly why they were hired and all is forgiven until they have to speak again. It's like the girl from the neighbourhood who "puts out", you tolerate her personality and quirks because you know at the end of the evening that odds are you will get lucky.
Terry Gibson as daughter Moonbeam is adequate to her role, requiring her to mainly lay around near a pig sty and be a recepticle for the men who come by. Her breasts are wonders. Peggy Church as Patty plays the virgin who eventually gives it up to Jasper as long as he promises to just "tap it around her maidenhood". She has very unusual conical shaped breasts that are interesting to look at. It all plays like a locker rroom joke brought to life and is just as absurd. Gina Palucci plays Mrs. Molly Swiner, Moonbeam's mother and she is plain to look at and seems to think that lolling your tongue around your mouth almost constantly is the height of sexiness, but her body more than makes up for anything else.
Yes, it's a guilty pleasure recommendation. You know what you are getting into here if you decide to see this.
This was just before hardcore porn was seen in movie theatres so there were definate limits as to what would be shown. No erections, certainly no visible penetration, no visible oral sex, no open crotch shots. But barring all that, this film shows just about everything else, really pushing the line of softcore. Everything is simulated but I think this would be a movie that cable companies would balk at showing.
I am very much attracted to movies like this, they turn me on to see them. In thinking about why, I have decided that part of it is the lure of the forbidden, knowing the conditions these movies were originally shown in. They were considered to be "dirty movies" and there were stigmas attached to admitting you watched films like this. Another reason is the natural bodies, the less-than-perfect looks of the women. These are women you are far more likely to meet on a daily basis than siliconed porn stars. That certainly helps the fantasy along. Part of it too is the ineptness and general sleaziness of productions like this. They were made for the quick buck with no concern for anything beside an hour and a half of stimulation of the male sexual center in the brain. It is unapologetic in it's purpose. Yes, the acting is horrible, but once they remove their tops you know exactly why they were hired and all is forgiven until they have to speak again. It's like the girl from the neighbourhood who "puts out", you tolerate her personality and quirks because you know at the end of the evening that odds are you will get lucky.
Terry Gibson as daughter Moonbeam is adequate to her role, requiring her to mainly lay around near a pig sty and be a recepticle for the men who come by. Her breasts are wonders. Peggy Church as Patty plays the virgin who eventually gives it up to Jasper as long as he promises to just "tap it around her maidenhood". She has very unusual conical shaped breasts that are interesting to look at. It all plays like a locker rroom joke brought to life and is just as absurd. Gina Palucci plays Mrs. Molly Swiner, Moonbeam's mother and she is plain to look at and seems to think that lolling your tongue around your mouth almost constantly is the height of sexiness, but her body more than makes up for anything else.
Yes, it's a guilty pleasure recommendation. You know what you are getting into here if you decide to see this.
A sensuous coming of age story
HSauer26 July 2002
When Lyndon Baines Johnson launched his War On Poverty in the 1960s, he sought to stamp out the vibrant & vital culture depicted in this 1975 rural-romantic masterwork, PIGKEEPER'S DAUGHTER.
The Swiners were born to be pigkeepers, and their blooming daughter Moonbeam was born to be a piglovin' princess. Alone with her cracker thoughts, voluptuous Moonbeam fantasizes about her Prince Charming, substituting her prize porker, Lord Hamilton, for the old fairy tale's feckless frog. Lord Hamilton, in his turn, fairly wallows in his role as a kept creature, true blue to Moonbeam through every twist and turn of this cinematic hayride. Meanwhile, Mrs. Swiner gets pitched by a traveling salesman, and Little Patty, the girl next door, learns the hard facts of life from hillbilly stud Jasper. Get the picture?
I found this DVD in the "Learning" category at Borders Books, Music & Video. May you be so lucky.
The Swiners were born to be pigkeepers, and their blooming daughter Moonbeam was born to be a piglovin' princess. Alone with her cracker thoughts, voluptuous Moonbeam fantasizes about her Prince Charming, substituting her prize porker, Lord Hamilton, for the old fairy tale's feckless frog. Lord Hamilton, in his turn, fairly wallows in his role as a kept creature, true blue to Moonbeam through every twist and turn of this cinematic hayride. Meanwhile, Mrs. Swiner gets pitched by a traveling salesman, and Little Patty, the girl next door, learns the hard facts of life from hillbilly stud Jasper. Get the picture?
I found this DVD in the "Learning" category at Borders Books, Music & Video. May you be so lucky.
Fairly amusing seventies sex comedy
The_Void13 July 2008
From the title, it sounds almost like this is going to be a rancid exploitation flick, but in actual fact it's a rather lighter affair. The plot (if you could really call it a plot) as you might expect, focuses on the daughter of the pig keeper and the many men that want to have sex with her. There's no actual story to it; and all the film really is, is a chance to show some sex. Thankfully, all the girls in the film are more than happy to take their clothes off and look good naked. They all have rather large breasts too and I'm sure that Russ Meyer had more than just a passing influence on the film! I can't really say it's all that erotic as a porn film; but compared to some other low budget soft-core stuff out there, this one is not badly filmed - although certain scenes are dragged out further than they have any right to be. The film is a comedy also and as such, you get a few laughs thrown in with the sex; and these mostly come from the travelling salesman subplot; it's mildly amusing. I'm a big fan of Russ Meyer films myself; although I wouldn't not put this one up anywhere Meyer's best. Still, if it's a mildly amusing sex comedy you want...you could do worse than see this one.
This Film Has Some High Quality Standard Scenes
FilmMan4730 December 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This movie is crazy its from the 70's decade even for its genre porn i mean some of the scenes are shot in high quality by the director i mean those wide angle & great close up shots are amazing to look at whatever camera was used to film this provided the best shots ever.
The story is about a pig keepers daughter named moonbeam who loves sex a lot she gets herself & a lot of other people in trouble.
For a film this weird its got great ladies in the cast all the women are hot but Gina Paluzzi who plays the character Mrs.Swyner is hot i have never seen a woman like that shes got a great body she is the only one in the film looking amazing while having sex with a guy in the room on sofa.
Gina Paluzzi reminded me of Gabriella Hall a soft-core legend from 90s no one can beat her as for Gina Paluzzi her she left the guy screaming & yelling when she was getting intimate with him also the stripping scene was quite fantastic to look at.
If internet was available in that 60s or 70s era this film would have been a sure hit among the masses but now it holds a cult status.
There is nothing much to look in this old film except some people having sex on the road,in the park & in the bathtub at the climax that's it.
Overall even if you are not a fan of either soft-core or hardcore genre you may still find this cheesy comedy film enjoyable it is better then most films that we see nowadays my rating for The Pig Keeper's Daughter 1972 is 5/10.Recommended
The story is about a pig keepers daughter named moonbeam who loves sex a lot she gets herself & a lot of other people in trouble.
For a film this weird its got great ladies in the cast all the women are hot but Gina Paluzzi who plays the character Mrs.Swyner is hot i have never seen a woman like that shes got a great body she is the only one in the film looking amazing while having sex with a guy in the room on sofa.
Gina Paluzzi reminded me of Gabriella Hall a soft-core legend from 90s no one can beat her as for Gina Paluzzi her she left the guy screaming & yelling when she was getting intimate with him also the stripping scene was quite fantastic to look at.
If internet was available in that 60s or 70s era this film would have been a sure hit among the masses but now it holds a cult status.
There is nothing much to look in this old film except some people having sex on the road,in the park & in the bathtub at the climax that's it.
Overall even if you are not a fan of either soft-core or hardcore genre you may still find this cheesy comedy film enjoyable it is better then most films that we see nowadays my rating for The Pig Keeper's Daughter 1972 is 5/10.Recommended
Swinetacular!
masercot1 June 2009
I won't lie to you. This is not one of the finest movies ever made; but, it is the finest sex movie ever to be based around a swineherdress. If you find a better one, I'd like to see it.
The movie revolves around the pig-keeper's daughter, Moonbeam. She has sex a lot. Her cousin doesn't, but is easily talked into losing her virginity. Lots of voluptuous skin and convincing orgasms.
WARNING: Fast forward through the portion of the film with Moonbeam's mother unless you are into harpy-sex.
Sassy Sue, a bestiality-based romp, is a better movie than P.D. and is on the same Something Weird DVD.
The movie revolves around the pig-keeper's daughter, Moonbeam. She has sex a lot. Her cousin doesn't, but is easily talked into losing her virginity. Lots of voluptuous skin and convincing orgasms.
WARNING: Fast forward through the portion of the film with Moonbeam's mother unless you are into harpy-sex.
Sassy Sue, a bestiality-based romp, is a better movie than P.D. and is on the same Something Weird DVD.
A hidden gem of sexploitation
pacmann24 September 1999
Harry Novak, brings us a obscure but entertaining tale of the coming of age of a farmer's daughter (Moonbean) a red-head, busty country bumpkin who is the town's whore. She is constantly spied on by her younger sister Pretty Patty (Peggy Church) who masturbates after seeing her sister's sexual encounters. The ladies in this movie are all on the voloptuos side, it is a soft core but in any decade it would have gotten an X-rating, the sex scenes are that explicit. The lucky guy is Jasper who gets to do all the ladies in the movie, including a hard to believe overdeveloped 15 year old hitchhiker, (who would make any guys quickie hall of fame). The movie has erotic moments, and is funny, a keeper if you ever get a copy of it.
Slop in the Movie Trough
BaronBl00d5 April 2001
What is an adolescent girl that lives on a pig farm to do? Why have some sort of sexual liason with every man she encounters of course! She is not the only one busy with liasons - there are the girl that lives on the farm nearby, some annoying salesman that wants to mount anything he comes across(including a man tied and mugged), a fifteen year-old(looking like twenty-five year-old) hitchhiker, and, of course, the wife of the pigkeeper and mother of Moonbeam, the voluptuous pigkeeper's daughter. This film is really nothing more than a string of sex scenes strung together with little purpose, rhyme, or reason. The plot is so threadbare that it comes apart to nothing shortly into the film, only to be tried and saved in the last minute of the film. If you are looking for comedy, forget it as nothing is very funny. The opening number is intriguing but the music played throughout each "liason" is exactly the same and begins to get on your nerves quickly. The women are fine figures of pulchritude, bursting out of what garments they do wear(only to shed them very quickly). None of them, however, is a beautiful woman with a beautiful face, but rather a plain woman with a beautiful bust. It's not all bad. The scenes, however, are not particularly erotic and I found myself fast-forwarding through much of the film. In truth, the film is nothing more than pornographic slop dressed up in Southern, hillbilly setting.
A fine movie about the coming of age of a pig farmer's only daughter.
eljefe14 April 1999
A fine movie about the coming of age of a pig farmer's only daughter. The only unfortunate part of the movie is the brief shot of Jasper's fecal-covered posterior as he romances Moonbeam in the barnlot. That scene alone prevented me from granting this movie a perfect score.
I liked it very much
gaian200020 December 2012
This is a light comedy with fairly explicit nude scenes, one of my favorite formats. Most porn is unfeeling and mechanical. This shows kissing, undressing, fondling and everything but the cigar. The actors are attractive (the ladies) and seem to react as actual human beings might under certain circumstances.
Whatever it says about me, I love this movie. Could not find it in the major movie retailers for a reasonable price. I bought it from a private source you can find on google.
Enjoy if this is your cup of tea. If not, don't judge me. Just move on to something important in life.
Whatever it says about me, I love this movie. Could not find it in the major movie retailers for a reasonable price. I bought it from a private source you can find on google.
Enjoy if this is your cup of tea. If not, don't judge me. Just move on to something important in life.
Scrabble Acting
tedg13 October 2004
Warning: Spoilers
Spoilers herein.
On the face of it, this should be one of the most successful of the 70's pseudo-porn movies. The idea in the 70s was to make real films, with a story and all the other things that go with film. Just the sex would be more explicit, some would say simply more realistic.
The problem was one which plagued ordinary film: bad ideas and bad acting. In this case, it should have been a cinch. The actors were simply to act as trailer trash. They _are_ trailer trash, so this should have been easy, as it was for John Water's early films. And the main content was the pleasures of sex. What could be more natural and universally experienced? (Many really successful starlets have only to play this one card.)
But both the acting and the sex are inexplicably wooden, and I just cannot explain why. 'Island of Death' for instance had a similar setup (rural promiscuity) as its core, and the amateur girl there was really very charming.
Its because sex, at least the sex we think about, isn't from real life any more. It's about films. And to pull it off in a movie, you cannot draw on life but on crafts specific to film. Its why porn died as recorded in 'Boogie Nights.'
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
On the face of it, this should be one of the most successful of the 70's pseudo-porn movies. The idea in the 70s was to make real films, with a story and all the other things that go with film. Just the sex would be more explicit, some would say simply more realistic.
The problem was one which plagued ordinary film: bad ideas and bad acting. In this case, it should have been a cinch. The actors were simply to act as trailer trash. They _are_ trailer trash, so this should have been easy, as it was for John Water's early films. And the main content was the pleasures of sex. What could be more natural and universally experienced? (Many really successful starlets have only to play this one card.)
But both the acting and the sex are inexplicably wooden, and I just cannot explain why. 'Island of Death' for instance had a similar setup (rural promiscuity) as its core, and the amateur girl there was really very charming.
Its because sex, at least the sex we think about, isn't from real life any more. It's about films. And to pull it off in a movie, you cannot draw on life but on crafts specific to film. Its why porn died as recorded in 'Boogie Nights.'
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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