The Films of Doris Wishman : The Twilight Years 1970-1978

US AGFA - Something Weird 3 disc Blu-ray edition - Region ALL - Plus a Booklet

Disc 1 - Deadly Weapons (1973) and Double Agent 73 (1974)

Disc 2 - The Amazing Transplant (1970) / Let Me Die a Woman (1978)

Disc 3 - The Immoral Three (1975) / Keyholes are for Peeping (1972) /
Love Toy (1971)

 

Deadly Weapons (1973)

Double Agent 73 (1974

Above: Pics from the Old Something Weird Video DVD edition


To all Psychotronic Film lovers out there Doris Wishman (born 1912, dead 2002) must be the Queen
of filmmaking. A true film auteur within the field of Avant-garde and Exploitation filmmaking.
She started her director career in the early 1960's with Sexploitation Nudie Cuties as Hideout in the
Sun
(1960), Nude on the Moon (1961), Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1963), Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) -
the latter with one of the best film titles ever, along with Ronnie Cramer's 1992 Even Hitler had
a Girlfriend.
Doris developed her own uniquely personal style with a camera that suddenly starts meandering
away from the actors seemingly on a journey of its own to check out the shoes on the actors feet
or to examine the random stuff lying on a bedside table.

In the 1970's Doris Wishman made her Masterpieces Deadly Weapons and Double Agent 73 with
the enigmatic ex-Polish and Israeli stripper Chesty Morgan (Lillian Wilczkowsky) known for her
unreal enormous hanging breasts, but they're real and all natural. Lillian was born in 1937.
With this psychotronic film duo Doris surpasses other "Turkey"film directors as Ed Wood, Jr.,
swedish Suzanne Osten, Fred Olen Ray and the whole Troma team and she presides at the top
of the throne of inept and unhinged B-movie filmmaking. She's the queen and we love her, she
was the coolest lady in film. When she passed 90 years old in 2002 she was still fully active.

The promotion and one of the blurbs shouted: "See the Biggest Event in the History of
Motion Pictures
" and they're sort of right here. Doris was the one making the magic happen.

Above: Pic of the old Something Weird Video DVD

Deadly Weapons (1973) Producer and direction Doris Wishman and with Lillian/Chesty
Morgan presented as Zsa Zsa in the opening credits.
Crystal (Chesty Morgan) is an advertising executive and her boyfriend Larry is a gangster.
She wears unflattering clothes but takes a shower and soaps up her boobs. When Larry
gets killed by fellow underlings Hook and Tony (played by Harry Reems) Crystal decides to
revenge his death by smothering the bad guys to death using her breasts as weapons.

Film presented in 4:3 fullscreen original ratio with english audio DTS-HD MA 2.0
Extras: 2 commentaries -
Audio commentary with Doris Wishman biographer and friend Michael Bowen
Audio commentary with Annie Cho and Joseph A. Ziemba AGFA

Double Agent 73 (1974) Production and direction Doris Wishman
In the sequel to Deadly Weapons Chesty plays Jane Genet, Secret Agent 73 with a right
to kill. She moves like a huge stranded whale wearing sensational 1970's clothing incl.
Platform shoes and carries an explosive lipstick. Her mission is to kill the drug boss
Ivan Toplar and his underlings and she has to photograph her victims as proof using her
Boob Camera found in her left breast. So, she has to button up her shirt frequently.

Film presented in widescreen ratio with english audio DTS-HD MA 2.0 and subtitles
Extras: Audio commentary with filmmaker Frank Henenlotter, Trailer

The Amazing Transplant (1970) Direction and production under alias Louis Silverman
but she fools no-one as the pics of shoes and objects on shelves and the out of focus
camerawork reveals her. Film in 4:3 ratio, audio in DTS-HD MA 2.0, with subtitles

Z grade crime story trash where a serial rapist killer is triggered by Golden Earrings.
Arthur had his best friends penis operated onto him with nasty violent results.

 

Let Me Die a Woman (1978) Direction Doris Wishman

Semi-serious exploitation documentary where a Dr. Leo Wollman tells us about
transexuals and sex-change operations. Warning! for the infamous operation
scene where a dick is cut off. I couldn't watch it. Nasty.
This film is more graphic but the pseudo documentary is a bit like Ed Wood Jr.s
Glen or Glenda and the subject of transvestism. widescreen, mono

The Star of the film is Leslie who is interviewed all through the film

Audio commentary by Carta Monir, Trailers and a gallery


The Immoral Three (1975) Produced and Directed by Doris Wishman

Awful Crime Thriller but copious amounts of boobs and softcore sexploitation
with very attractive ladies. This film was supposed to be the third part in the
Agent 73 saga (but Chesty Morgan AKA Lillian
Wilczkowsky was sacked)
and instead the films start with three women, the sisters Sandy, Ginny and Nancy
standing at the side of Jane/Double Agent 73's coffin and we are told her
story in flashbacks.

Cindy Boudreau has double roles and plays both Big Red Ginny and Jane.
The sisters will inherit 3 million dollars if they can find their mother's killer.
Film in widescreen with audio commentary by Lars Nilsen and Bret Berg

Keyholes are for Peeping (1972) Produced and Directed by Doris Wishman

Awful sex comedy about a marriage counselor who lives with his mother
and the janitor is peeping through keyholes. Black&white inserts
4:3 fullscreen in audio DTS-HD MA 2.0

Love Toy (1971) Directed and produced under alias Louis Silverman

A somewhat arty softcore sexmovie with a jazzy score and the guy playing
Alex was surprisingly good as an actor.
A man loses everything he has got in a card game, his factory, his car
and his house. The Player on the other side, Alex, offers a solution. He
will tear all the I.O.U's if he can have sex with the losers teenage daughter
Chris. Pretty intense and objectively the best Doris film in this collection
but not the most entertaining one. Black & white inserts and with a
4:3 ratio and DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio, 76 minutes

Trailers

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