Coming West

Coming West (1971)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Three ladies (Sandy Carey, Maria Arnold, Staryln Simone) are traveling out West when one decides to fantasies about what it would have been like in the Old West.

COMING WEST is an adult film that clocks in at less than a hour and for the most part it was a mildly entertaining one. If you're looking for something ground-breaking then you're not going to find that here but if you're just looking for some quick and easy entertainment then jump aboard.

The one interesting thing about this is that it was told from the view point of the women and it's the woman's fantasy and not just a guy's idea of what he'd want to see in a porno. This leads to some rather softcore sex scenes that are more love making than just flat out hardcore scenes. It's clear that the filmmakers were staying true to the story that this was the woman's fantasy so there's romance and love involved.

All three of the leading ladies were quite cute and did nice work. The cinematography was also quite good for the time.

Though hardly adopting a Harlequin romantic novel approach, COMING WEST is an effective early porn feature told from a woman's point of view. The nearly 100% male audience at Adult Cinemas back in 1971 probably welcomed this diversion from the repetitive coarser fare in the market.

Story hook is simple: three beautiful women are driving a convertible from Cheyenne to Laramie on a 2-week vacation. Sandy Carey's behind the wheel, Staryln Simone's sunbathing topless in the passenger seat, and Maria Arnold in floppy hat daydreams of the Old West in the backseat.

She fantasizes that the trio are whores, left by the roadside in the middle of nowhere when a preacher (scene omitted) objects to traveling with them after he finds out they're on the way to set up a whorehouse in Laramie.

Venturing to a nearby stream, Kitty (Maria) encounters an old flame, cowboy Matt Timber (big-dicked George Peters), riding by on his horse. She remembers them making love years ago (a flashback inside a fantasy, rather oddly structured).

Back to the main fantasy, we see an Indian lying by the side of the road, apparently killed by Matt defending the women (scene of violence completely omitted). Matt escorts the other two women to the stream where he makes love to them.

Meanwhile, the handsome Indian awakes, impressed by Maria's massive boobs, the duo trek to the stream to watch the trio hump and off comes his loincloth. Maria replaces Sandy in the threesome and Carey strenuously applies a blow job and hand job to the Indian's dick, failing to get an erection but eliciting a money shot. Maria ends her fantasy declaring "Well, you can't say we didn't make 'peace' {piece} with the Indians".

Trio drive on to their destination as Maria relates the content of her dreams with a very cornball twist -guess who's hitchhiking in the present day?

Languourously paced, COMING WEST is a very effective mix of softcore and hardcore approaches, including the requisite explicitness (Peters delivers three copious cum shots in quick succession) but presenting people making love rather than the usual clinical body parts in abstract action. Interior Arnold/Peters flashback scene is well-lit and the outdoor sex is very pleasantly presented, with the gurgling of the stream on the soundtrack meant to be soothing.