Paul Thomas plays a sensational role as candidate Nicholas Stern, a liberal Democrat running for the U.S. Senate in New York, who is already a sitting congressman. And what about the truth? Well, he's a complete fraud, as corrupt as they come. A misogynist who selects his campaign volunteers primarily to satisfy his carnal desires. His spokesperson and director of operations is Tommy Corona (a commensurate Joey Silvera), whom Stern once freed from prison and who now provides him with the "cattle" and, in addition, covers up all his sexual scandals as best he can. That is, until journalist Elvira Lawrence (a superb Annette Haven) appears, suspecting the dubious origin of the campaign funds and setting out to uncover them, against the advice of her own boss, who doesn't want to get bogged down in the politician's truths. Does all this sound familiar to us today?
Ron Sullivan (AKA Henri Pachard) directed this excellent film parodying Michael Ritchie's classic "The Candidate" (1972), starring Robert Redford. The attractive Joyce Snyder (who appears as Nannette Collier in a non-sexual role) co-scripted, with Pachard, this masterpiece of classic adult cinema, so believable and well-made that, were it not for the carnal content, it could position itself among the best mainstream political dramas of the time. The underrated Annette Heinz does a fantastic job in the role of the innocent Jodee, an intern in love with the candidate who is used by him in his sexual exploitation schemes to raise funds. And it is precisely from there that the essence of this magnetic story emanates, which has become a classic for those who went to X-rated theaters to enjoy a good story and not so much the flesh.