Cindy and Donna

This is a fascinating film that goes well beyond typical sexploitation. I have so many questions...

I want to know what happened to the actress that played Cindy. I think she is/was (?) uniquely beautiful and was great in this budgetless film.

Did the director (or anyone else) notice that Sue Allen (the mom) was strung out, had at least one black eye, and had sex bruises all over her thighs? If so, was this an example of excellent casting or of irresponsible film making?

Why was Alice Friedland uncredited? This was a big role. The director was obviously obsessed with her, as evidenced by her large role and the lengthy dance routine at the bar. And, why was she so sweaty/oily in the dance scene? The scene was so long, and she was so oily...

How was it ever acceptable, in a theatrical release, to depict 15 and 17 year old girls stripping in bars, smoking weed, and hookin'? This was a drive-in feature. Other reviewers talked about their parents taking them to see this film by mistake. Can you imagine that? Holy ****. I'm not complaining - I think this movie is awesome. I'm just sayin'...

As for the ending, my question is wtf? Seriously... wtf? Brilliant. Amazing.

This film will hold your attention for 90 minutes. A unique and shocking sexploitation film that is worth watching.

RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria: Acting - 1/1; Casting - 1/1; Directing - 0.5/1; Story - 1/1; Writing/Screenplay - 1/1;

Total Base Score = 4.5

Modifiers (+ or -): Originality: 1;

Music Score/Soundtrack: 0.5 (After finishing the film, watch the intro credits again and think about the lyrics to that song. Awesome.);

Gratuitous Female Nudity: 1 (I just love awarding a full point in this category. Plenty of interesting female nudity in this film, about every 10 minutes or so.);

Distractingly Poor Editing: -1 (Multiple sex scenes turn into a naked woman rolling around on top of a man wearing shorts. None of the camera angles produced anything that resembled intercourse. Eventually, softcore directors learned how to better fake the sex scenes.);

Total RealReview Rating: 6 (This is a very high rating for a sexploitation film. Kudos to the creators and all of the missing actresses.)

Cindy Donna: The story of two horny half-sisters suffering suburban ennui in the 1970s. Virginal,15-year-old Cindy idolizes her older, sexually promiscuous half-sister, Donna. When she spies Donna banging her father (Donna's stepfather), Cindy decides that she's ready to experiment with her body and her sexuality, too. More sex (and tragedy) ensues. The staff that worked on this flick knew it was smarmy when they made it. It's good fun to watch, primarily because Cindy, played by Debbie Osborne, is insanely cute and spends a lot of her time in various stages of undress. The film also has a ridiculous, schmaltzy soundtrack that's half awe-filled, horn-ball sleaze and half after-school special. A highlight of the Drive-In Cult Classics collection.

The Crown-International sexploitation movie "Cindy and Donna" seems to have drifted into obscurity immediately after its theatrical release, not getting a release on VHS and only receiving a quiet DVD release a few years ago (as one movie in a pack of several.) This may have been because there are no famous stars in the cast, or it may have been because the movie was rated "X" - though it's a soft core "X" and not a hard core "X", "X" rated movies have had a hard time being released in the home video market. But there's a real obvious reason why the movie has remained obscure, and that's because it's an incredibly awful movie. There is no real plot on display here - it's just one soft core sex sequence after another with just flimsy connections with each other. While I know this may sound appealing to some horny viewers, I think even they will be quickly bored, because these sequences are not erotic and are instead incredibly boring. The only interesting thing about the sex scenes is that they carefully avoid showing lower frontal nudity - if the filmmakers wanted an "X" rating, why not show everything? Anyway, this is one obscurity that deserves its status.

This was a great period movie. My mom and dad took me to the drive inn movies at Paintsville KY in 1971 and this was playing. They had no idea it was an adult film. When the first nude scene played we left and they were red faced. When I turned 18 the movie was playing at the Trail Drive Inn in Flatwoods KY and I went to see it. I really liked it. I wish they made more movies like this today. The acting was very good and I often wonder what happened to the stars of the film and if I can buy it on DVD. If anyone out there knows of where to buy this film on DVD please put up a post as I would really like to have this film in my collection.

For the information of your readers - I am the person who played the mother in Cindy and Donna. My stage name was: Suzy Allen. I never used the name Susy Allen and any information shown for Susy Allen does not apply to me. I don't know why I was not credited properly. I agree that Cindy and Donna was a terrible movie, but the stagehands and crew said I was the best actor in the movie! We spent an entire day filming one scene, with me and my "husband" driving on a freeway, with me nagging him about not taking me out often enough !! I had a lot of fun trying to be the whining, miserable wife for the movie, even though in real life I am nothing like that character. It was also very interesting for me to have to dub in some of my lines after the movie was finished. Quite a challenge to get everything right on cue.