Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

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Dolly Read

Kelly MacNamara

Cynthia Myers

Casey Anderson

Marcia McBroom

Petronella Danforth

John Lazar

Ronnie (Z-Man) Barzell
(as John La Zar/John LaZar)

Michael Blodgett

Lance Rocke

David Gurian

Harris Allsworth

Edy Williams

Ashley St. Ives

Erica Gavin

Roxanne

Phyllis Davis

Susan Lake

Harrison Page

Emerson Thorne

Duncan McLeod

Porter Hall
(as Duncan Mc Leod/Duncan McLeod)

James Iglehart

Randy Black
(as Jim Iglehart)

Charles Napier

Baxter Wolfe

Henry Rowland

Otto

Princess Livingston

Matron

Stan Ross

Disciple

Lavelle Roby

Vanessa

Angel Ray

Girl in Tub

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Trivia
According to Roger Ebert's audio commentary on the DVD, Russ Meyer was unaware that this film would get an "X" rating. Fox executives had intended for the film to be a hard "R," and Meyer omitted significant amounts of nudity and sex from the final edit. Ebert says that Meyer wanted to add much of the excised footage back into the edit following the MPAA's "X" rating, but there wasn't enough time to do so.

Goofs
Ronnie picks up an extension phone when Casey is in the middle of dialing her friends for help. The phones used are 500 series Western Electric business phones. Because of the way rotary dial phones work, picking up an extension would prevent any phone on the same circuit from being able to dial.

Quotes
Ronnie (Z-Man) Barzell: This is my happening and it freaks me out!

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: Disclaimer: THE FILM YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS NOT A SEQUEL TO "VALLEY OF THE DOLLS." IT IS WHOLLY ORIGINAL AND BEARS NO RELATIONSHIP TO REAL PERSONS, LIVING OR DEAD. IT DOES, LIKE "VALLEY OF THE DOLLS" DEAL WITH THE OFT-TIMES NIGHTMARE WORLD OF SHOW BUSINESS BUT IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND CONTEXT.

Alternate versions
The British Board of Film Classification have cut the UK video release by 53 seconds. New opening credits were required for this release, as the BBFC would not allow a montage shot of a gun being pushed into the mouth of a sleeping woman, a scene that also reappears in full at the end of the movie (and was also cut). Ironically, the film has been broadcast uncut several times on UK network TV, by Channel 4.

Connections
Featured in Willie & Phil (1980)

Soundtracks
In The Long Run
by Bob Stone and Stu Phillips

This is my happening and it freaks me out!!!

This film is a necessity for anyone with a sense of humor.

Anyone who doesn't think it was intentionally funny needs to sit back and groove baby. Some of the dialog seems to have been influenced by Dragnet '69 (which by the way is a much dirtier sounding title than BVD), The only other example of such painfully "hip" dialog. The use of Wonder Woman, and Robin the Boy Wonder at the end was too cool for words.

See it now!!!