Common Law Wife (1963) And Jennie, Wife/Child (1968): Backwoods Double Feature (DVD)

Two Southern Dramas with older men and younger woman -- things are taken care of, the backwoods way. Traditional Hickploitation films. Man and Wife, the Backwoods Way!Wealthy old coot Shugfoot Rainey wants to trade in his over-the-hill mistress for his young niece, 'Baby Doll' Jonelle, a pouty-faced stripper from New Orleans. But Rainey's mistress, Linda, has a surprise for both: according to Texas law, she's Shugfoot's COMMON LAW WIFE and has no intention of leaving quietly. Jonelle, however, is so eager to get her greedy mitts on Uncle Rainey's loot that she ups the ante by having a moronic moonshiner put cyanide in Shugfoot's whiskey! All of which lead to the two women eventually squaring off in a surprisingly violent showdown. With its small-town setting and hilariously rotten characters, Common Law Wife is an overripe slice of Southern sleaze courtesy of cult director Larry Buchanan, the outrageous auteur of Mars Needs Women!Also included is the feature, 'Jennie, Wife/Child,' a tw