Dixie (1976) User Reviews (3)

I worked on this film

[jascritz · 8/10 · 24 February 2007]

I worked on this film with Rick Beaty (pseudonym=Steve Brown), and it was always fun, although long hours! Katie (pseudonym=Abigail) was really cute. Because of the police pressure against adult filmmakers in Los Angeles at the time, Rick would drive up to San Francisco to make his films. He drove his boss's Cadillac that had a mobile phone in it. His boss, Tom Parker, of Topar Films, financed Rick's movies and Parker also owned several cinemas in L.A. that he bought from Lou Scher. Lots of amazing memories behind the making of this film as well as may others he and others make around this time. There's plenty of material here to write a book about adult film production in the 70's.

A message film?

[ronnie0a · 8/10 · 20 September 2009]

When asked how old she is, Dixie answers "fourteen." Both of them prostitutes, her twin older sisters seem to believe Dixie to be fifteen, and are convinced that they had less experience between the both of them at that age.

When Dixie moved from the home of one twin older sister to the other, she had been bribed with cloths and spending money to "stay out and play" when the first sister was entertaining "Uncles." The second sister began doing the same thing whenever an "Uncle" came to call, but this time Dixie made friends at the local Park with Cookie, who began showing her how to earn money directly by being "smarter" than the men who came to the park to watch children play.

By the time Dixie's sisters discover what Cookie's been teaching, Dixie's already showing these "Uncles" just how smart she's become - not giving anything away for free! The storyline is exceptional for this genre, with the characterization by Dixie and Cookie well contrasted without being stilted. While Dixie naively enjoys her development, Cookie play to her Johns with moans and groans, and plays the "naive little girl" so that they know it's just part of her act. The older sisters and other characters provide the setting for the presumed universal story of young girls raised without clear supervision - a theme more prevalent in mainstream cinema.

An excellent old classic you shouldn't miss

[iamok-1 · 10/10 · 26 November 2006]

Abigail Clayton presents a truly enjoyable performance in this film.

Her portrayal of an underage girl's exposure to the wicked world around her, and her ensuing submersion in same is an erotically supercharged story made all the more enjoyable by her innocent sensuality. Unlike today's over-emoted "actresses" and their all too obviously faked moans and groans, Clayton conveys her own gratification (which is, or should be, the ultimate aim of any adult movie) by letting the moment carry her away, thereby giving the viewer a sense of Clayton the person, and not Clayton the actress. Supported by a better than average cast of characters,as well as an actual story line, this movie is a rare gem in a genre loaded with terrible trash.