''Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!'' is a 1968 film by

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. The story involves the goings-on at a topless

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bar on the Sunset Strip. Meyer himself makes an appearance in this film. The composition

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is used in one of the film's love scenes.

Plot

Paul, the owner of a strip club bar on the Sunset Strip in

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, is taken home after being knocked out at a brothel, whose madam sends two thieves to Paul's club to rob the place while he is unconscious. When the star dancer at the bar quits, Paul's wife Kelly fills in for her. The bartender Ray then seduces her and takes her to his home, and the thieves Cal and Feeny begin working on cracking the safe. When Paul comes to and cannot find his wife at home, he goes to the club, where the thieves are engaged in their work. Paul manages to kill the two robbers after Claire has been killed and Ray seriously wounded.

Cast

*Anne Chapman as Kelly * Paul Lockwood as Paul * Gordon Wescourt as Ray *Duncan McLeod as Cal *Robert Rudelson as Feeny *Lavelle Roby as Claire *Jan Sinclair as Christiana *Joey Duprez as Joy *Nick Wolcuff as Nick *Pam Collins as Vickie Roberts *John Furlong

Reception

The ''Los Angeles Times'' said the film was "not much different from his eyer'sprevious efforts... Meyer has trouble keeping abreast, so to speak, of the times. This is because Meyer has such a clean mind for a man who makes dirty movies... his films seem positively healthy alongside much of the current Hollywood and European product." The ''New York Times'' thought the film was "no longer particularly erotic."Screen: By Russ Meyer By VINCENT CANBY. New York Times 6 Sep 1969: 21.

References

External links

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* 1968 films Films directed by Russ Meyer 1960s English-language films 1968 crime films American crime films 1960s American films {{1960s-crime-film-stub