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China Girl (1974)
Distributor VCX
Compilation No
Director Edwin Durrell (as Paolo Uccello)
Minutes 89
All-Girl No
All-Male No
Actresses
* Annette Haven
* Bonnie Holiday (as Bonnie Chin)
* Donna Chrisaphina
* Janet Ross
* Pamela Yen [LezOnly]
* Roahne Alexander
* Sharon Thorpe
* Tammy Van Upp
NonSex Performers
* Summer Brown
* Susie Song Li
Actors
* Barry Vane (as Barry Fry)
* Lee Williams
* Todd Jones
* Tom Douglass
* Tyler Baylis
NonSex Performers
* Bob Carr
* James Hong (as James Young)
* Lou Ganapoler
Scene Breakdowns
* Scene 1. Annette Haven, Tom Douglass
* Scene 2. blonde, brun, Sharon Thorpe, Barry Vane
* Scene 3. Annette Haven, blonde, Bonnie Holiday, brun, Sharon Thorpe
* Scene 4. Annette Haven, Lee Williams, Todd Jones, Tyler Baylis
* Scene 5. Annette Haven, Pamela Yen
AMRI Reviews
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China Girl
Studio: TVX
Category: Classic , Feature film
Director: Edwin Brown
Starring: Annette Haven [more]
Released on: 3/24/2006
Reviewed by Oddobsessionmovies on 5/11/2006
When trying to examine a classic hardcore film, one must take several things into consideration:
1) The acting/plot might not be as good or coherent as one might like, and what is usually left is akin to grade B Hollywood fare.
2) There will probably be too much sex and it will take away from the story.
3) The production values won't always be top notch.
Well China Girl is one of those rare films that truly does work "both ways" so to speak. In one sense, it is a sex filled hardcore romp and on the other hand, a rather mild B-movie style spy yarn.
Featuring the beautiful Annette Haven in her first major starring role, China Girl revolves around a silly storyline of a secret government science project to create a drug which makes people have to tell everything they know about some prompted topic, sort of like truth serum, I guess. Sound confusing? To be honest, the exact purpose of this drug is never made clear so forgive me. Anyway, Annette of course is one of the scientists developing this drug and of course there is an evil James Bond style agency trying to steal the formula (which, like in all James Bond style films seems to be located on a huge estate, in the country it wishes to destroy and the government of this country is still powerless to destroy it ;). All is fine until the other scientists star getting kidnapped by this sinister organization, named Dragon.
Annette is soon given a hunky young protector but inevitably she too is kidnapped by Dragon and it is up to Mr. Stud to save the day.
B-movie antics aside, China Girl is an almost impossible to hate little cult gem waiting to happen. The dialogue is stilted, the action (meaning kicks, punches, etc. you perverts) is obviously faked, and the sex scenes go on f-o-r-e-v-e-r... The direction and production values are both good and as a whole China Girl is an amusing throw-away romp. This also marks the directorial debuts of husband/wife team Summer Brown and Edwin Brown, there's something for all you history buffs.
SEX:
A/V Quality:
Of course TVX wouldn't bother to transfer this film from a print, so instead we get a bad DVD transfer of a 25 year old video with bad color and sound...SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!
CUTS:
NONE!!!
EXTRAS:
NONE!!!! WHAT A SHOCK...
WHO SHOULD SEE IT:
Hard to say for a movie like this...The plot/acting is of B-movie caliber, so fans of said genre maybe. The sex scenes are way too long, but will satisfy that crowd.
WHO SHOULD SKIP IT:
People who think stories are not needed in movies.
OVERALL:
TVX doesn't know how to release/remaster their films, but they release good ones. This should be seen/bought by classic fans only.
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China Girl (1975)
Overview
Release Dates:
Country Date
USA 17 January 1975 (San Francisco, California)
USA 6 June 1975 (Chicago, Illinois)
USA 11 August 1975 (Los Angeles, California)
Sweden 6 October 1975
Denmark 8 October 1976
Genre: Adult
Taglines:
The Oriental Mystique
China Girl... the embodiment of forbidden pleasure.
Pleasure so intense it's almost unbearable!
Plot: An international crime syndicate searching for a secret formula uses sexual torture to find it.
Plot Keywords: Torture | Formula | CIA Agent | Scientist | Murder
Cast
(in credits order)
Pamela Yen ... Madame Woo
Annette Haven ... Teresa Hardgrave
James Hong ... Y.C. Chan (as James Young)
Tom Douglass ... David Chase
Louis Ganapoler ... Mr. Smythe (as Lou Ganapoler)
Bob Carr ... CIA Chief
Bruce Sung ... Marco Lee
Steve LaBounty ... Tito
Barry Vane ... Dr. Olinsky (as Barry Fry)
Frank Pauchet ... Guard
Edwin Gilman ... Guard
Michael Forster ... Guard
Ken Moshesh ... Kidnapper
Nathan McGee ... Kidnapper
Susie Song Li ... Nurse
Summer Brown ... Ming
Bonnie Holiday ... Pleasure Lady (as Bonnie Chin)
Susan Bates ... Pleasure Lady (as Roahne Alexander)
Sharon Thorpe ... Pleasure Lady
Donna Chrisaphina Pleasure Lady
Janet Ross ... Pleasure Lady
Tammy Van Upp ... Pleasure Lady
Todd Jones ... Pleasure Boy
Tyler Baylis ... Pleasure Boy
Lee Williams ... Pleasure Boy
Directed by Edwin Brown (as Paolo Uccello)
Writing credits: Edwin Brown(screenplay) (as Edwin Scott Brown)
Produced by Summer Brown
Original Music by Hadley Caliman
Cinematography by Red Dawson (director of photography)
Film Editing by Bart Slate
Makeup Department
Teru Hayashi .... body makeup artist
Angela Seraphina .... makeup artist
Mister Tyler .... hair stylist
Production Management
Grant Adams .... production manager
John Gregory .... post production director
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Gregory .... action director
Art Department
Tako Sagan .... set design
Sound Department
L. Clever .... sound
Charlotte Johnson .... sound
Ralph Wicket .... sound
Visual Effects by
Janos Milo .... title design
Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Hart Benton .... gaffer
Chuck Christy .... grip
Joel J. Jones .... gaffer
Dan McNeil .... grip
Patrick Shellenberger .... assistant camera
Robert Shoep .... grip
Animation Department
Janos Milo .... animation
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tako Sagan .... costumes
Editorial Department
Ariella de Sebastiana .... assistant editor
Production Companies
* Summer Brown Productions
Distributors
* Variety Films (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
* TVX (????) (USA) (VHS)
* Essex Video (1985) (USA) (VHS) (as Select Video)
* VCX (????) (USA) (VHS)
* Excalibur Films (2003) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)
* TVX (2006) (USA) (DVD)
Additional Details
Runtime: 89 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: USA:X (self applied) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations: San Francisco, California, USA
Did You Know?
Quotes:
Y.C. Chan:By the way, your friend, um, Mr. Potter? He's no longer with us.
Madame Woo:Oh, has he retired?
Y.C. Chan:Quite permanently.
Madame Woo:Gerard Potter is dead?
Y.C. Chan:Yes.
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123673/quotes
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dixie (1976)
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0123673/trivia?tab=mc&
User Reviews:
An excellent, plot-driven, highly erotic film. Recommended!, 20 July 1999
Author: nasakcuf-3 from Corcoran, CA
Let me first begin by saying that this film may not be for everyone. People expecting wall to wall sex will probably get bored with the film early on: The first sex scene doesn't happen until nearly thirty minutes into the movie, and the overall movie has about 4 sex scenes. But what scenes they are! And the plot is executed so well that it could stand by itself and still make for an entertaining movie.
The plot centers around an Asian crime syndicate known as Dragon, which is hired to steal the formula to a chemical substance that enables total memory recall. As the movie progresses, you learn that most of the scientists associated with the R&D of this compound have been abducted and interrogated by Dragon; unfortunately for the syndicate, they were all associated with coming up with uses for the substance and have no knowledge as to its structure.
Enter Drs. Olinski (played by a lucky bastard I've never seen before) and Hartgrave (played by the illustrious Annette Haven), the two principal researchers on this drug.
The US government, concerned by all the kidnappings, assigns two security agents to guard the good doctors. Nevertheless, Dragon manages to kidnap both: First Olinski, then Hartgrave.
The lady in charge of the local chapter of Dragon, a certain Madam Wu (Pamela Yen), believes that pleasure can be just as effective as pain in extracting information from people. The scene where this theory is first put to the test (on the male Dr. Olinski) is one of the hottest, most erotic scenes I have ever seen in an adult movie. Rather than try to paint a verbal picture that probably wouldn't do the scene justice, suffice it to say that it involves a drug that won't let you climax, a bed, and three women [four if you count the exotic dancer :) ]
Similar treatment awaits Dr. Hartgrave (Annette Haven), but with a decidedly lesbian twist. I'm not a fan of this type of sex, but I couldn't help but smile at the image of Ms. Haven surrounded by four nubile females. I suspect fans of this genre will find an erotic charge to be had here.
The other two scenes are between Annette Haven and her government "protector" (don't know his identity) and between Madam Wu and Haven. The former came across as "tender" somehow, although I don't think that was the intent; the latter came across as lesbian and that WAS the intent (but alas, not something I tend to enjoy).
Overall, I like this movie. A lot. There are no cum-oriented themes in this movie, so fans of raunch will probably find this film too tame. And people that hate plots in their adult films will also not like this movie and will spend most of their time holding the FF button down. But if you find that a good plot does indeed add a little something to an adult film, then I think you'll find that you can't go wrong with "China Girl".
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China Girl
Posted Jul 01st, 2006 00:00 AM
Released: Jul 01st, 2006
Running Time: 83
Director: Paolo Uccello (Edwin Brown)
Company: TVX Home Video
Cast: Lou Ganapoler, Susan Song-Li, Annette Haven, Tom Douglass, Barry Frye, Ramola Young, Bonnie Holliday, Sharon Thorpe, Todd Jones
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Golden Age
Reviewed Jul 01st, 2006 00:00 AM by Jared Rutter
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Researcher Annette Haven knows the missing part of a secret chemical formula that could change the world. The CIA and various bad guys want it, too.
Most of the many speaking parts are cast with non-sex actors, with the top villain played by James Hong, a very well-known character actor in his only X-rated film appearance.
The movie is well made, with good acting all around, but not terribly exciting, as a thriller or a skinflick. The sex is all pretty light and rather mildly performed. Haven, with her beauty and natural sensuality, is definitely the standout.
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DESCRIPTION
China Girl: A sizzling 1975 romp starring the delicious Annette Haven as a sexy scientist who`s discovered a new formula that could help expand people`s memories. When a foreign government tries to steal the formula, Annette finds herself captured by enemy agents. Implementing their torturous techniques, they try to get Annette to reveal the formula to them, driving her mad with sheer pleasure instead of pain. Erotic espionage and a stellar cast add to this classic `70`s caper!
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