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Title: 1000 Convicts and a Woman (Ray Austin, 1971)
Description: aka Fun and Games


Marc Morris - June 28, 2007 01:35 PM (GMT)
I have a copy of 1000 Convicts and a Woman recorded from US TV. Mine has the logo Drive (or Drive in?) in the bottom right hand corner and was part of a season called 'Steamy Windshields'). I have no idea when it was broadcast.

The problem is, the first 5 minutes are badly damaged, and the pictuure continually breaks up throughout - did anybody here record it, and can somebody help me out?

John Bernhard - June 28, 2007 04:21 PM (GMT)
The Drive In channel is not available in the US, it's a Canadian cable channel. I keep hoping it'll pop up on a US network sometime, but so far no luck. Anyone up north grab this one? I am interested in seeing it sometime, it's the only lead role for starlet Alexandra Hay that I am aware of.

Marc Morris - June 28, 2007 04:56 PM (GMT)
John, Thanks for the info on this. As far as I'm aware it's the only time this movie has surfaced anywhere.

Marty McKee - June 28, 2007 04:57 PM (GMT)
Unfortunately, this film is never quite as lurid as its title and concept suggest. Hay (remember her from SKIDOO?) turns heads as 17-year-old tease Angela, who returns to England after four years of American schooling in dire need of sexual attention. Since her father is the warden of a minimum security prison, Angela has no trouble finding sexually frustrated men to work her curvy wonders on, including her father's driver Paul (Sandor Eles). There's not much more to the plot than Angela tramping around, flashing some skin now and then, and seducing half the men within a quarter-mile radius, but director Ray Austin and his slinky star, who was actually in her late 20's, make it entertaining enough.

I also have a version recorded from Canada's Drive-In Classics, but it's in good shape.

Marc Edward Heuck - June 28, 2007 07:27 PM (GMT)
I always wondered what happened to Alexandra Hay. There's very little about her in the public record; even her cause of death is not listed at imdb.

If nothing else I'll always love her as a would-be conquest of Davy's on "THE MONKEES."

"Do you really know Rex Harrison?"
"No."
"Actually, I don't care."
"I'm no good for you, you know..."
"I don't care."
"Terrible temper..."
"I don't care."
"I wander..."
"I don't care."
"Cruel, too..."
"I don't care."

"I love you, Clarisse!"
"I don't care."

Marty McKee - June 28, 2007 08:07 PM (GMT)
She ended up in one episode of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE during the fourth season, after Barbara Bain had left/been fired, and the series hadn't yet hired a permanent replacement. Sadly, Hays is miscast and not used very well anyway. She had only one real scene and doesn't interact much with the regular stars.

Jonathan Hertzberg - July 12, 2007 08:44 PM (GMT)
In case you wanted to see how this one was marketed:
One-sheet

Marty McKee - July 12, 2007 09:02 PM (GMT)
I bet there were a lot of disappointed ticket buyers.

Mike Mariano - July 17, 2007 03:06 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (Marty McKee @ Jul 12 2007, 03:02 PM)
I bet there were a lot of disappointed ticket buyers.


I saw it when it was released theatrically and was definitely not disappointed.

(But then, I was only 13 at the time and it probably didn't take much to get my attention!)

John Bernhard - July 18, 2007 12:03 PM (GMT)
Love those AIP posters that sometimes promise more than the film can deliver.
Somehow, if I can get ahold of this flick I think I can spare 90 min to watch Alexandra strut her stuff.

John Bernhard - February 23, 2008 04:49 PM (GMT)
The trailer for this is on the new Synapse 42nd Street compilation, and I was so fascinated to see footage from this I watched it twice. The trailer certainly makes it look amusing and Alexandra appears to make a convincing tease. This seems to be one of the more dificult to see AIP flicks these days....hopefully that will change sometime soon.

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John Black - February 24, 2008 01:12 AM (GMT)
I have never seen the film, but it sounds to me as though the entire picture is based upon Joy Harmon's five minute performance in COOL HAND LUKE.




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