"Tall Story" is a film that is sort of like a throwback...a film similar in plot to films of the 40s and 50s. However, despite having an older sort of plot, there are also some adult aspects which make it like a bridge to the past and to the more modern sensibilities.
The film is Jane Fond's first movie...and she co-stars in it as a character you would NOT expect based on her later films. June Ryder is a lady in college to get her MRS degree. In other words, this is no feminist and her one and only goal is to marry the star basketball player, Ray Blent (Anthony Perkins). For a while, Blent is oblivious to her concerted efforts to bag him...though eventually he succumbs to her charms. But, before they can marry and THEN indulge in their carnal lusts, there is the big game between his school and the Russians...and someone knows Blent needs money to marry and offer him a fortune...if he makes sure the Russians win!
The film is a passable time-passer. There's nothing particularly wrong with the film, but the nice momentum it maintained seem to screech to a halt when the basketball fix plot was introduced. An odd film, surely, but one worth seeing.
The film is Jane Fond's first movie...and she co-stars in it as a character you would NOT expect based on her later films. June Ryder is a lady in college to get her MRS degree. In other words, this is no feminist and her one and only goal is to marry the star basketball player, Ray Blent (Anthony Perkins). For a while, Blent is oblivious to her concerted efforts to bag him...though eventually he succumbs to her charms. But, before they can marry and THEN indulge in their carnal lusts, there is the big game between his school and the Russians...and someone knows Blent needs money to marry and offer him a fortune...if he makes sure the Russians win!
The film is a passable time-passer. There's nothing particularly wrong with the film, but the nice momentum it maintained seem to screech to a halt when the basketball fix plot was introduced. An odd film, surely, but one worth seeing.