Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!

1968 film by Russ Meyer

Russ Meyer (story)
Richard Zachary

Produced by

Eve Meyer
Russ Meyer
Anthony-James Ryan

Starring

Anne Chapman
Paul Lockwood
Gordon Westcourt
Duncan McLeod
Robert Rudelson
Lavelle Roby
Jan Sinclair
Joey DuPrez
Nick Wolcuff
Pamela Collins
Vickie Roberts
John Furlong
Michael Roberts

CinematographyRuss MeyerEdited by

Richard S. Brummer
Russ Meyer

Music byIgo KantorDistributed byEve Productions Inc.

Release date

May 8, 1968 (1968-05-08)

Running time

71 min.LanguageEnglish

Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! is a 1968 film by Russ Meyer. The story involves the goings-on at a topless go-go bar on the Sunset Strip. Meyer himself makes an appearance in this film. The composition Finlandia by Jean Sibelius is used in one of the film's love scenes.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Paul, the owner of a strip club bar on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, 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 one of the two robbers, Feeny, before Claire herself has been killed but not before she shoots and kills the other robber, Cal, and after Ray has been seriously wounded by a knife thrown by Cal.

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
Pam Collins as 1st Dancer
John Furlong as Customer
Nick Wolcuff as Nick
Vickie Roberts as Girl
Michael Roberts as Boy

Reception

The Los Angeles Times said the film was "not much different from his [Meyer's] previous 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."^[3]

The New York Times thought the film was "no longer particularly erotic."^[4]

References

^ RUSS MEYER: King of the Nudies Ebert, Roger. Film Comment; New York Vol. 9, Iss. 1, (Jan/Feb 1973): 35-46.
^ FINDERS KEEPERS, LOVERS WEEPERS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 48, Iss. 564, (Jan 1, 1981): 243.
^ 'Finders Keepers' at Cinema Theater Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 29 Oct 1968: g9.
^ Screen: By Russ Meyer By VINCENT CANBY. New York Times 6 Sep 1969: 21.