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4. Eye of the Cat

Year: 1969

Nudity Type: CFNF

Catfight: Gail Hunnicutt def. Jennifer Leak in a bedroom fight over a man.

After this film aired in drive-ins and other theatres in 1969, it was heavily edited for 1970s' television and its sexiest scenes were long lost, including the first of two catfights between Hunnicutt and Leak. It is difficult to find a restored version and, from my understanding, the film has never been relased in its uncut version on VHS and DVD. The original theatrical uncensored version featured in its opening scene Leak and male lead Michael Sarrazin naked and in bed together. A fully clothed Hunnicutt, a cosmetologist and confidante of Sarrazin's aunt, enters the apartment uninvited to tell Sarrazin that his aunt is dying of emphysema. She tells him to get dressed so they can go see her. When Hunnicutt informs Leak that Sarrazin will not be coming back to her, Leak drops her sheet and, buck naked, attacks Hunnicutt like a wild cat. Hunnicutt fends Leak off as Sarrazin grabs Leak and tells her to stop acting like a cat. Sarrazin has ailurophobia -- a persistent fear of cats. I considered Hunnicutt the winner of the short fight because Sarrazin indeed leaves with her as Leak sobs on the bed. The theme is that Sarrazin's dying aunt plans to leave her fortune to her colony of cats. Hunnicutt wants Sarrazin to return to his aunt, get rid of her cats, be reinstated as the sole heir and kill the old lady to get her fortune. But with the removal of the CFNF opening scene from televised versions of the movie, the rest of the film is hard to follow. Later in the film, Hunnicutt and Leak, both wearing miniskirt outfits, run into each other at a party and have a knockdown, dragout CFCF catfight that many viewers would vividly recall. That battle, I'd say, ended in a draw.

Photos below include a movie poster and head shots of Hunnicutt and Leak. I could not find any photos from either catfight. Anyone have some of those photos to post?