Keyholes Are for Peeping
1972
Action / Comedy

Keyholes Are for Peeping
1972
Action / Comedy
Plot summary
After earning his degree through a correspondence course, Stanley uses his newfound knowledge to help his neighbors reignite the flames of passion. Little does anyone realize that their most intimate moments are all eye candy for the lonely maintenance man who has open access to the entire building.
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When Petrillo Met Wishman
Another Doris Wishman masterwork...in her mind anyway.
Keyholes Are For Peeping is a film featuring the forgotten comedian Sammy Petrillo. He plays a Momma's boy who just received a certificate from some fly-by-night school that has made him a certified marriage counselor. So, he helps people in his building with their marriages. He also has a girlfriend who wants to marry and his mother (also played by Petrillo, looking Jamie Farr-ish) wants to re-marry.
Petrillo's performance is actually pretty good and he comes off as a likable character. His impersonation of Claude Rains' Invisible Man was great. Many felt he was a Jerry Lewis clone and he shows some of the influence of Mr. MDA but he seemed to remind me of somebody else.
The film has, as usual, a lot of nudity and simulated sex. Petrillo isn't involved in these scenes. Manuel, the super of the apartment building Petrillo lives in, peeps into the keyholes and we see the explicit acts. Also, the characters go into detail about their marriage problems and we see them acted out. Some nice female bodies for 1972 are in the offing.
Not a bad film, much more entertaining and somewhat less exploitative of Wishman's films with Chesty Morgan. Drive-In Classics, the best $2.50 CAN a month you can spend, airs it.