'GET
CHISTIE LOVE'-The Movie
Director; William A. Graham A Wolper Production
From a Novel by; Dorothy Uhnak Starring; TERESA GRAVES as Christie Love,
Harry Guardino, Louis Sorel, etc. -1974
Available on YOU-TUBE here, Hon>
https://youtu.be/RCDnLMkCxC8?si=NrrGO_L4cFAsMpQL
I, DITA DIRT NAP, your 'Groovy Ghoul-Gal', continues my 'BLACK HISTORY MONTH'-Reviews w/one of my Faves from the Cult Movie to even a couple of Episodes of it's TV Show, of which was ground-breaking as a Black Female Lead in TV-Series other than the Late Diahann Carroll in ;'JULIA', which DITA also loves. BTW, DITA will also be brining you one of her other Films w/Hunky Co-Star FRED WILLIAMSON of which DITA is a Fan of as well. Hint, Hint ,he's easy on the eyes, my little Spider-Bites!
That will be Online here in 'DITA's-DEN', next week and is called; 'BLACK EYE'.
You know like private eye. Any-Boo, DITA will also this year bring you 2 of
TERESA GRAVES Blacksploitation Flicks, w/are;
'THAT MAN BOLT'>
https://youtu.be/Q5PSiSahXqQ?si=DaENVuyT81LBhXIK & 'OLD DRACULA' >
https://youtu.be/eWSKzjVFMyw?si=wMUjfz-nl6SsWlUH
DITA has been a longtime Fan of TERESA GRAVES, since I was 9 years old and First
saw her on her TV Show; 'GET CHRISTIE LOVE', which of course came from the
Groovy TV Movie! Click here to see the Trailer for; 'GET CHRISTIE LOVE, Hon>
https://youtu.be/7jFqzwPPPHk?si=a6gqEXwmopZgSXb1
So
I want to turn you on to her, so to speak if you have not heard of her and she
was brilliant and needs to be brought to your attention in DITA's humble
opinion. BTW; Her Tag-Line was; 'YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SUGAH!'
Teresa Graves started her career as a singer with The Doodletown Pipers. She
later turned to acting, appearing regularly on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
as the "Mod, Mod World" bikini girl in 1969 and 1970. She had supporting roles
in several films during the 1970s, including Black Eye (1974), That Man Bolt
(1973) and Old Dracula (1974), with David Niven. On Get Christie Love! (1974),
which ran during the 1974-1975 season, she played the first black woman hired by
a big-city police department.
Now in this Cult Action Flick perfect for 'BLACK HISTORY MONTH', the storyline
starts when Captain Casey Reardon (played by Harry Guardino) learns that
notorious gangster boss Enzo Cortino (Paul Stevens) possesses a secret ledger
which could potentially be used to bring him to justice and said ledger is
supposedly within the possession of his girlfriend Helena Varga (Louise Sorel),
Reardon sends a brash but known for getting results, spirited and spunky young
black female detective named Christie Love (Teresa Graves) on undercover
assignment hoping she will be able to get to the heart of what makes Helena
Varga tick so Ms. Varga will be convinced to co-operate and with her aid and
possibly that of Cortino's "ledger", the police will finally be able to bring
down Enzo Cortino once and for all.
Before DITA forgets, TERESA GRAVES was also a Singer and even sang in one of her
Episodes of her TV Show of the same name. You see this movie was brought about
as a Pilot because of Blacksploitation Films being so popular in the 70's and
'GET CHRISTIE LOVE' came out in 1974 and then it's TV Show in 1975 during the
height of those films which you know DITA loves! In fact the Opening of the TV
Show was very popular and culty-cool>
https://youtu.be/iqtO-exNrFQ?si=B6nZq3Hl0Bkrh74B
Now the movie opens w/Christie's Character a female Detective walking undercover as a Hooker, which DITA would swear was a time-traveling 'doppel-ganger' of the Late Whitney Houston. Any-Boo, Christie is dressed as such, with a long wig on, heels, bare midriff, short fur jacket and swinging purse. She first is cat-called by a man in a car, then approached by an old chubby white guy, who of course asks how much? She says; 'How much for what? He responds with, how much for some action. She responds w/a 100 dollars! Then the old fart says; 'A hundred dollars?' I don't wanna get married lady, I just wanna get laid! LOL!
DITA remembers those days like it was yesterday, but I digress. She says something to the affect of 'too bad'. Then I kid you not, the slubby white guy says, as Christie walks away; 'N-Word!' Without missing a beat, or being shocked she says; 'N-Word' Lover' as sashays off into the night. She is then again approached by another white guy who comes on strong, and tells her he wants to do it in the park. She says, you could be a killer or something. But he says, he'll give her the bread. So he takes her arm and starts leading her quickly into the woods.
He of course is a creep and pulls a switch blade out on her demands that she take her clothes off, he then slowly comes at her and then she lets out a groovy can of judo 'whoop-ass' out on him and pulls her gun out of her purse, just as her almost too late co-workers arrest the creepy guy who turns out to be a serial-killer. END-SCENE!
Now DITA never likes to tell the whole story, and doesn't want to ruin it for
you, so instead I'll give you my infamous 'THINGS-TO-LOOK-FOR LIST' as Follows;
*Scene where Christie in holed up on her next assignment to follow/spy on a
lady-king pin who when Christie tries to start-up small-talk by the pool calls
her a 'LADY-PIG!'
*Scene where Christie battles a bad guy disguised as a 'Room-Service' guy at her hotel/hide-out and it gets intense w/him almost throwing her over her patio railing which is about 11 floors up, give or take. He comes running at her while she's on the patio , ducks as he lunges at her, and falls to his death. BTW, she was on the phone w/her boss while all this action happens. (Her Boss has the 'hots' for Christie of course as she is a very hot chick. Its hinted that he wants her but because this movie was made in the mid 70's, they only hint at a interracial romance/hook-up might happen. Damn it!
*Scene where Christie is on the 'low-low' check out a suspects home and after switching on a button by the woman's bed that activates lava lamps and red light districts lights and porno-sounding music, says; 'TACKY, TACKY, TACKY Lady!
*Car-chase scenes, w/her car being almost totaled and then another car chase
scene near the end of the film where Christie has the female suspect in the care
w/her but the bad-guys after a 'shoot-out' w/them shoots the female suspect in
the chest and tells Christie after being hit w/a bullet to take her to see her
little son who she never knew. Christie wants to take her to a hospital but the
Lady insists and then decides to give Christy what she wants by slowly talking
into to Christies tape recorder while she's .......while she, umm starts
to..........???
Well as you all know by now, DITA never likes to tell the whole story and Highly
recommends watching this Culty Action Flick free on 'YOU-TUBE; near the top of
dead 'old' DITA's Review tonight w/your special someone, uh, what ever they are,
especially during all this snow most of us have been getting, not me, mind you,
and turn the heat up, cuddle close together, microwave some good buttery popcorn
and watch all the action unfold in tonight's shag-a-delif flick; 'GET CHRISTIE
LOVE!' This film is action packed w/martial arts, a action, and lots of charisma
from Teresa Graves herself and lets not forget beauty. This film led to her
ground-breaking TV series that DITA wants to let you all know that all groovy
Episodes are also Now on 'YOU-TUBE'. DITA highly suggests checking out her great
TV Show and fall in love w/her charisma and charm like I did so many years ago
when I was just a little ghoul!
I, DITA DIRT NAP loved this film and even 'binged-watched' her TV SHOW of the
Same Name too! The TV Show is just as good and has guest stars like a very young
JACKLYN SMITH and more! So DITA gives this Flick a 3 Skulls Out Of 3 SKULLS
Score! CHRISTIE really kicks ass, Babe!
As promised here are a couple of Episodes of her TV Show, Dear as follows;
'Get Christie Love' w/JACKLYN SMITH>
https://youtu.be/KJrKbE0Op10?si=ou0nEhjlyLkaa3UJ
'Get Christie Love' TV Show w/John Astin from ;'Addams Family TV Show>
https://youtu.be/KrsXTDPHXZM?si=1P-aHif0wVwQan9N
Until Next week when DITA continues my Salute to 'BLACK HISTORY MONTH' &
BLACKSPLOITATION CULT FILMS w/'BLACK EYE', Starring; FRED WIILIAMSON & TERESA
GRAVES.
'CHAINSAW-KISSES',
DITA ('SPINNING WHEEL') DIRT NAP
(To hear that Song Sung by TERESA GRAVES, simply Click here, my little
'Coffin-Creepers'>
https://youtu.be/W17jLR1eanA?si=FZtiSzc0jpogMyyg )
Contact DITA DIRT NAP be writing 'DITA' in the subject line of your e-mail at;
DDN1965@LIVE.COM
P.S. More Groovy Blacksploitation Flick Trailers as follows;
'LADY COCOA' w/Lola Falana>
https://youtu.be/nfrWFFMBiDU?si=_T2aJDJ2Rdw742uw
'SUGAR HILL ZOMBIES'>
https://youtu.be/YEOdjIhQaZE?si=tTqEXCbyVU08Q0Kl
'PETEY WHEATSTRAW; THE DEVIL'S SON-IN-LAW'>
https://youtu.be/qUfeaz5SfVE?si=lrmIMyytsZma7-qv
Groovy DITA-Suggested sites as Follows, you dig;
www.thenewbev.com (Check out their
'soft-core' Feb. Schedule this month! #WOW)
www.bossip.com
www.fangoria.com
www.radiohalloween.com
www.legendfilms.com
www.scarymonstersmagazine.com
www.teresagraves.com
www.facebook.com/TeresaGraves
www.rhondashear.com
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and by
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