Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Mark Lester: Actors & SKIN

What the Peeper Saw

'What he says is what he did.'


'A wealthy author's second wife begins to suspect that her 12 year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub accident.'


1972's What the Peeper Saw (aka Night Hair Child) was my favorite of the three films I reviewed for the piece.  It's sort of an erotic bad seed with Marcus (Mark Lester) having an unhealthy and very adult obsession with his new step mother. (Britt Ekland)  I'm not sure Lester actually has a nude scene in this film, but bathtubs play a role in the story and some posters are sure they saw something.  I didn't.  The clip above contains brief nudity of Britt Eckland, but gives you a good idea of the tone of the film and the adult nature of Lester's character Marcus.


Senza Ragione (1973)

'Sadism and sleaze dominate this fast-paced film about the getaway aftermath of a heist-gone-wrong-turned-kidnapping.'

Lester's nude scene in 1973's Senza Ragione (aka Redneck) is actually quite innocent, but given his age, the clip above ends before Lester's nudity.  In the scene, Lennox (Lester) watches his father shave naked.  When his father leaves the room, Lennox removes his clothes and picks up a razor to copy what his dad did.  Before he can however, he's interrupted by Telly Salavas who's watching him through the window.


La prima volta, sull'erba

'During a vacation, a teenager couple falls in love. Then their single parents fall in love too.'


Lester was almost (but not quite) 18 when he filmed La prima volta, sull'erba (aka Love Under the Elms) in 1975.  There is a fairly innocent love scene in which Lester's behind is shown and possibly a brief frontal when he jumps up and runs to avoid the rain.  The clip below is available on Vimeo.  The entire film is on Youtube, but all the nudity has been edited out.

All three films are available on Amazon, and all but La prima volta, sull'erba are available to download for free on the incredible Rare Lust site.  You can find What the Peeper Saw HERE: and Redneck HERE:


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