Early '70s Mainstream, Need Help w/Title

I just recalled this recently. Back around '72-'74, I saw a movie in a theatre that had a great mainstream tickling scene in it. The star of the movie was Claudia Jennings, former Playmate who eventually earned the title "Queen Of The B's" because of B movies like this one.

The ticklish victim was an attractive brunette actress named Joan Prather, who later went on to appear in the TV series "Eight Is Enough." The movie was one of those cornball "who's killing everyone on the island?" kind of things. Joan's character is attracted to a guy named "Blue." (Isn't it amazing how much detail you can remember 30 years later when the subject is tickling?)

There comes a time for a romantic scene between the two. Blue starts to insinuate that maybe HE'S the whacko who is killing everyone, instructs Joan to lie down on her back, and straddles her. Then he says, "Now, little girl, you are going to get it" and starts viciously tickling her stomach and ribs. Joan laughs hysterically and the tickling lasts for quite a few seconds.

Does this sound familiar to anyone? I've never seen this scene noted on any mainstream list, but I'd love to know the name of the movie and if it's available on video. Perhaps an enterprising Claudia Jennings scholar can look into it and report back.

Actually, I just answered my own question...

With the help of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com). The movie came out in '73 and was called "The Single Girls," alternately titled "Bloody Friday" and "Private School," though I can be fairly sure that I saw it under the first title as my friends and I thought it was going to be porn. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be available on video.

According to the IMDB, this was Joan Prather's first movie. (I think that every pretty young actress should be tickled in her first movie, kind of an initiation.) Interestingly, the actor who played Blue was named Jason Ledger and appeared in only four movies, the last one in '75. Wonder if he's any relation to current Hollywood hunk Heath Ledger? The age range would appear to be right for him to be his father.

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While you were describing the scene, I was digging through my memory bank to see if any of it rang the ol' proberbial bell. It did not, however, and I've never seen the scene referenced before, either. It sounds like an excellent one, and it's from the type of film that would definitely slip beneath the radar. I know nontkl would love to hear about this scene (he's having computer squabbles), so I will include an extra smiley on his behalf. Thanx for posting this !