Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
Cherry, Harry & Raquel! is a 1969 American action exploitation film produced and directed by American film director Russ Meyer.
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| Directed by | Russ Meyer |
| Written by | Russ Meyer Tom McGowan |
| Produced by | Russ Meyer |
| Starring | Larissa Ely Linda Ashton Charles Napier |
| Cinematography | Russ Meyer |
| Edited by | Russ Meyer |
Production company | Eve Productions Inc. |
| Distributed by | Panamint Films |
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Running time | 71 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $7.25 million |
Following the success of Vixen! (1968), the film is notable for the first appearance of actor (and Meyer regular) Charles Napier playing Harry Thompson, a California border sheriff and marijuana smuggler who makes a reappearance in 1975's Supervixens.
Napier's nude scene with Larissa Ely, where they run in the desert, is the first instance of full frontal male nudity in a Meyer picture. The appearance of a penis in a movie in 1969 was still a novelty, and was reported on by the Associated Press after the movie was released and became a hit.
Uschi Digard, who would also go on to make frequent appearances in Meyer's films, was cast as the naked muse of the Apache character. Shown in cut scenes usually wearing only an Apache headdress, this plot device was necessitated after the lead actress left the shoot early and there was 20 minutes of footage needed to complete the film.