ID this weird 70s movie

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I was thinking I’d done this before, but a search turns up nothing…

While reading the Your first movie thread, I realized that I have no idea what was the first movie I saw. I remember it; I just don’t know what it was. If someone can help me out, I’d very much appreciate it.

OK, this is a really, really strange movie. I think it came out in 1974 or '75, or at least that’s when we saw it at the drive-in. I think it was rated X, and it was some kind of low-budget sci-fi flick. The part I remember featured a woman running through some caves wearing only an extemely sheer, flimsy gown, while robots chased her around. The robots had big, cylindrical metal torsos, they had big turning keys on the tops of their heads (I guess they were wind-up robots), and their limbs were made of floppy, corrugated metal tubing. And the weirdest part was that they had huge penises made of the same corrugated tubing. All I remember of the plot was the robots chasing the woman around the caves.

Incidentally, the way I ended up seeing this at the tender age of four or so was that my parents and I went to the drive-in to see a movie. The movie started, and I guess it became pretty clear that it was Not For Kids. I heard my parents having some conversation involving them saying “R” and “X”; presumably they thought it was rated R, but it was actually X. My dad said, “young jackelope, lie down; this is going to be scary.”

“I’m not scared!” I protested, having at that age a keen interest in women wearing diaphanous, almost nonexistent clothing (I was in love with Cher).

“LIE DOWN, BOY.”

So I went to sleep in the backseat of our '72 Datsun 240Z.

Does anyone have any idea what this movie was?

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You mean the google search on “corrugated penis” didn’t turn up anything?

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Well, what I meant was I’d searched the Board to see if I’d started this thread before; hadn’t occurred to me to try Google, so when I read your post I did.

Don’t try Google.

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Are you sure you’re not thinking of SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II?

Here is a list of X-rated sci-fi films if you’d like to see if any names sound familiar. There was a 70s porn version of WESTWORLD entitled SEX WORLD about robot hookers, but from what you described I don’t think the robots were that realistic.

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I’d say it was Flesh Gordon which was released in 1974.

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I’m saying the same thing as Tuckerfan: in Flesh Gordon there are robots with twirling spiral penises.

Oh no, watch out, here they come!

(Why in hell were your parents taking you to a movie called Flesh Gordon???)

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That picture! That’s it! Not exactly how I remembered it, but close enough to jibe with a 29-year-old memory.

Walloon, I have no idea. Maybe they thought it was Flash Gordon, or maybe they accidentally drove in to the wrong screen at the drive-in.

Then again, they did drink heavily and often; maybe they just thought it would be fun.

Anyway, thanks, Tuckerfan and Walloon! I’m going to see if I can get a copy of it.

This message board rules.

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Ah, what an enlightened, intellectual, high-minded Board we have!

Specializing, I see, in identifing vintage 70’s porn. :smack:

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Ah, yer just jealous you didn’t get here with the answer first, Bosda. :wink:

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Flesh Gordon was my first thought when I read the OP.

As a projectionist in the late 70s to early 80s, I remember showing this movie. I was thinking that it had an “R” rating when we showed it and IMDB backs up my memory. They say that it was originally rated X but then re-rated to R.

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Incidentally, IMDB also shows a sequel was made in 1989, Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders, which was also re-rated to R from an NC-17 rating.