Suburban Roulette


Suburban Roulette is a 1968 American drama film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis starring, among others, William Kerwin and Allison Louise Downe who are involved in wife swapping to overcome the boredom of living in the suburbs. It was produced as an independent film by Lewis and was shown in Chicago area movie theaters during the summer of 1968. It contains implied sex, boozing, adult themes, fighting, but is without nudity which would have prohibited mainstream movie theater distribution.

The Fisher family, which makes up of Bert and Ilene Fisher and their 13yearold daughter Cindy, move into the seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood to get away from the nearby city of Chicago, Berts drinking problem, and Ilenes propensity for other men. They meet the neighbors, Ron and Margo Elston, who invite them to a pool party at the Elston house. Bert and Ilene have cocktails, cookouts, and hitting on each others mates, but not without guilt and repercussions. The Fishers fall into a dangerous game of wife swapping with the two other two swinging couples until the unwilling Bert cant take it any more. Ignoring the presence of the other guests, including Rons wife Margo, Ilene succumbs to the advances of Ron and has sex with him in a bedroom.In the weeks that follow, Ilene and Rons secret affair heats up as the Fishers and Elstons join a third couple, Fran and Marty Conley, whom appear to be the perfect conservative suburban family complete with raising four kids, but they are in fact closeted swingers. The three couples partake in drunken parties at each of their houses which eventually leads one evening to them playing a form of roulette in which the prize is someone elses marital partner for the night. ........

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