Who likes Roger Corman 1970s exploitation films? Everyone who raised their hands, how about a Bonnie and Clyde rip-off with no budget, weak car chases and lots of banjo music? Still on board? How about if I said it stars Sgt. Pepper Anderson and the captains of the Enterprise and the Nostromo?
OK, everybody who didn't put up your hands, how about if we get those 3: Angie Dickenson, William Shatner and Tom Skerritt, butt naked? If I throw in a couple of starlets playing Angie's daughters (also frequently nude), is everyone on board? Good! I give you: Big Bad Mama.
The story, more or less: Angie Dickenson is a dirt-poor single big bad mama with two horny teenaged daughters who turns to crime when a bootlegging relation is killed. She takes up with bankrobber Tom Skerritt and is soon rolling around in bed with him. When she meets southern-fried con artist William Shatner, however, she shifts her affections. This allows the two daughters to seduce Skerritt - which may be more squicky than sexy. And so on.
In between the sexy stuff, we have some inept action scenes, mostly substituting wacky hillbilly banjo music for actual action. There is enough lame slapstick to identify this film as being a comedy, without it actually being funny. So you've got two things going for you: camp value and the naked bodies of two young women, Angie Dickenson, Captain Kirk and Captain Dallas.
Also, the music is rumored to be composed by Dave Grisman and performed by Jerry Garcia on banjo. But they aren't credited.
In conclusion: Angie Dickenson. Stark naked. While "Police Woman" was still on the air! At least "Star Trek" had been cancelled, and Shatner needed the work.
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