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Lolly-Madonna XXX
Lolly-Madonna XXX
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Directed by	Richard C. Sarafian
Screenplay by	Rodney Carr-Smith; Sue Grafton
Based on	The Lolly-Madonna War; 1969 novel; by Sue Grafton
Produced by	Rodney Carr-Smith
Starring	Rod Steiger; Robert Ryan; Jeff Bridges; Scott Wilson; Season Hubley
Cinematography	Philip H. Lathrop
Edited by	Tom Rolf
Music by	Fred Myrow
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	February 21, 1973 (US);
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lolly-Madonna XXX (a.k.a. The Lolly-Madonna War) is a 1973 film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film was co-written by Rodney Carr-Smith and Sue Grafton, based on the 1969 novel The Lolly-Madonna War by Grafton.^[1]

The movie was filmed in rural Union County, Tennessee.^[2]

Plot

Two families in rural Tennessee, headed by patriarchs Laban Feather and Pap Gutshall are at odds with each other. The sons of the two families play harmless tricks on each other but soon the Feather boys decide to kidnap a girl, escalating the rivalry. She turns out to be innocent bystander Roonie Gill, not the made-up Gutshall girlfriend "Lolly Madonna" that the Gutshall clan had invented to get the Feathers away from their still. As events escalate, Zack Feather and Roonie fall in love and try to bring the others to their senses, but to no avail. One family busts up another's still; and in retaliation, the sons of that family rape the daughter of the other. After the feud results in a fiery confrontation in a meadow, where one of the Feather boys is fatally wounded and the mother of the Gutshall kin is shot to death, the two families regroup in order to gear up for a final deadly confrontation. With the exception of Sister E Gutshall, who packs a suitcase and leaves home, the participants engage in battle at the Feather homestead. In the end, all combatants die.

Cast

Rod Steiger as Laban Feather
Robert Ryan as Pap Gutshall
Jeff Bridges as Zack Feather
Gary Busey as Zeb Gutshall
Katherine Squire as Chickie Feather
Season Hubley as Roonie Gill/Lolly Madonna
Ed Lauter as Hawk Feather
Paul Koslo as Villum Gutshall
Scott Wilson as Thrush Feather
Kiel Martin as Ludie Gutshall
Randy Quaid as Finch Feather
Joan Goodfellow as Sister E Gutshall
Timothy Scott as Skylar Feather
Tresa Hughes as Elspeth Gutshall
Kathy Watts as Lyda Jo Gutshall Feather

Critical reception

The film had a mixed reception from the critics. Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote:

Lolly-Madonna XXX is a disaster, but I can't tell whether it's because hillbillies make rotten metaphors or because Richard C. Sarafian has made a rotten movie.^[3]

Variety stated:

Sue Grafton's novel The Lolly-Madonna War, has been handsomely and sensitively filmed. Excellent performances abound by older and younger players in a mountain-country clan feud story which mixes extraordinary human compassion with raw but discreet violence.^[4]