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The Immoral Three
[Something Weird]
1975; color
Directed by Doris Wishman
Starring: Cindy Boudreau, Sandra Kay & Michele Marie
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Like Charlie's Angels, and many other movies that have surfed in the original TV show's wake, the Immoral Three features three attractive women; other than that, the similarities pretty much stop right there. These ladies live outside the law, not work within it, and it's not a bunch of do-gooding that brings them together, they're sisters—sisters who didn't even know they were related until they showed up at some funeral and the dead lady's will was read aloud. I don't know who they thought the woman we see in flashbacks was—the one we're supposed to believe is dead in the "coffin" that seriously resembles a folding table covered in a maroon velvet sheet—or why they showed up for her funeral but that kind of stuff quickly becomes irrelevant in the scope of the larger story. Because their dead mom? She was none other than the infamously blond and busty Double Agent 73. No, not Chesty Morgan (the woman who played Jane Tournay, AKA Double Agent 73, in the Wishman classic of the same name) some other woman who was hired to play Chesty's role in this "sequel"—which really has nothing at all to do with that original movie either except for the aforementioned motherhood. The motherhood is crucial to the story however, aside from being crucial to being able to call this a sequel, so you can't really dismiss it. It forms the family ties. The kind that bind three complete strangers to live in a house together and find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real about solving the mystery of their dead parent's, uh, death. Did I mention there's also a three million dollar inheritance (one million per daughter) at stake? Well, there is. Apparently there's a lot of money to be made being a double agent with an unbelievably huge rack and on top of that, Jane had an eye for thrift. Instead of blowing it all on coke or Pucci nightgowns, as was the style at the time, she put it all in a trust for her girls. Before they can collect the dough and live happily ever after though, these angels have got some avenging to do. Momma didn't strangle herself, so it's up to them to find out who did. Or at least that's the plan for Ginny & Nancy, who set off straight away to find out who snuffed dear old Mom's flame; Sandy is a little more jaded. I mean, she hardly even knows this mom—seeing as how she just found out about her a second ago and all. Why should she go on some wild murderer findin' goose chase when she can hang out at the house, bone the gardener, the delivery boy, or presumably whoever else strolls by who's got a penis and wait until Ginny & Nancy die, thus leaving her as the lone heir to the three mil. Did Sandy have the right idea by deciding to stay on her back/knees at home? Or will Ginny and Nancy's hard work pay off - literally and metaphorically? Fans of Wishman's other films know nothing is wrapped in a neat, easy to digest package when Doris is at the helm. (And we wouldn't want it any other way.) The ending may not make any more sense than anything else that preceded it but at least you've had a wild ride.
—Bunny
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