Sixteen (1972)
"Mercedes McCambridge is Ma Irtley. Threatened with salvation... Her daughter ravaged... Her son seduced... That's what $8,000 got the Irtleys!"
96 min
Hickspoiltation film from the early 1970s ostensibly starring Oscar nominee Mercedes McCambridge, but really more a film looking for an excuse to show off Simone Griffeth's beauty. She plays a daughter of a swamp family. The whole family goes to a carnival where she is seduced by an older male performer, while her teen brother is seduced by an older female performer.
- Release date
- June 3, 1972
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Mercedes McCambridge as Ma Irtley
- Ford Rainey as Pa Irtley
- Simone Griffeth as Naomi Irtley
- John Lozier as Bruvver Irtley
- Buddy Foster as J.C. Irtley
- Beverly Powers as Carmelita
- Peter Greene as Jake
- Parley Baer as The Reverend
- Maidie Norman as Aunt Ada
- Lyla Hay Owen
Crew
- Lawrence Dobkin · Director
- Curtis Brown Taylor · Writer
- James E. Lowe · Writer
- Harvey Bernhard · Producer
- Curtis Brown Taylor · Producer
- Jack K. Tillar · Composer
- Don Wilkins · Composer
- Vilis Lapenieks · Cinematographer
- Edward Mann · Editor