Moonlighting Wives

Moonlighting Wives  Shrewd, unhappy and pragmatic housewife and part-time stenographer Joan Rand (excellently played by sultry brunette Tammy Latour) starts her own suburban prostitution ring that caters to a rich clientèle. Pretty soon Joan has a booming business on her hands. Meanwhile her drunken neglected husband has an affair with his enticing 18-year-old babysitter. Writer/director Joe Sarno crafts a wickedly smart and insightful portrait of the naughty things that go on underneath the respectable veneer of staid upper-class small town America; he also maintains a steady snappy pace throughout and coaxes solid acting from a sturdy cast. Fine supporting performances by John Aristedes as smug, arrogant golf pro Al Jordan, Joe Santos (Lt. Dennis Becker on “The Rockford Files”) as a weary vice detective, and the adorably slinky Jan Nash as the luscious Nancy Preston, who becomes the most prized and desired girl in Joan’s stable. The ravishing Fatima does a smoking hot belly dance at a wild poolside stag party. The crisp color cinematography by Jerry Kalogeratos and Anthony Lover gives the picture an attractive polished look. Stan Free’s great boppin’ jazzy lounge score and the cool swingin’ theme song both really hit the groovy spot. While the film’s content is decidedly mild, there’s still a nice racy vibe which permeates the engrossingly sordid story and thus makes this movie a good deal of entertainingly tawdry fun.