Common Law Wife

Common Law Wife (1961)

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Shug, a rich old man, throws out his longtime live-in mistress and moves in his young, sexy niece, who's just returned home after making a living as a stripper in New Orleans. The mistress doesn't intend to go without a fight, however, and while Shug tries to make peace between the two women, he doesn't realize that his niece has her own plans for him.

Date of release
1961-07-20
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama
Director
Eric Sayers, Larry Buchanan

Casting

Interesting facts

Common Law Wife is a 1963 American exploitation film shot in Texas.

Production

The film began as a movie called Swamp Rose made in 1960 by low-budget director Larry Buchanan. The existing footage was sold to producer Michael A. Rapps who hired Eric Sayers to shoot new footage and changed the title to Common Law Wife.

Buchanan later said the film began "as an artistically inclined, naturalistic romance, shooting in 16MM color around Caddo Lake. But the sleaze merchants got hold of it blew it up to 35MM in black and white, and changed the title... The delicacy of our photography was lost and so were any serious intentions we might have had for the film."

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