Russ Meyer’s cheeky comedy where x-ray vision leads to undressed observations and awkward revelations.
THE IMMORAL MR. TEAS
Mr. Teas is a door to door salesman for dentists' appliances. Everywhere he goes he encounters beautiful "well-developed" nude women, which of course stir his interest. The only sound in the film is the voice of a narrator and a very monotonic musical theme played on the clarinet or some similar instrument.
From the vault: where the only thing stiffer than Mr. Teas is the musical theme.
Russ Meyer’s first leap into color nudie-cutie territory unfolds with a narrator’s dry guidance and a clarinet’s monotone call. Mr. Teas’s newly acquired x-ray vision offers more embarrassment than ecstasy, making this a sly, almost silent, peep at Eisenhower-era inhibition.
— SassyFlix Programmer
The Immoral Mr. Teas is a 1959 American comedy film directed by Russ Meyer about a shy dental appliance salesman who, after dental surgery, develops x-ray vision that causes him to see women without their clothes.
- Director
- Russ Meyer
- Writers
- Russ Meyer, Edward J. Lakso
- Release
- 1959
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Comedy
- Also Known As
- Steam Heat, Mr. Teas and His Playthings, L'immorale Mr. Teas, El inmoral Sr. Teas, Der unmoralische Mr. Teas, Mr. Teas und seine heißen Träume
Synopsis
He is happy at first, but gradually begins to be embarrassed. For example, he goes to the river, and sees three women swimming, and he sees them as naked. The three women are those he sees daily: the dental nurse, a secretary, and a waitress in the bar. Teas decides to go to a psychoanalyst, and he also sees her naked. The voiceover says: "On the other hand, some men are happy to be sick."
Why Cult
One of the earliest American comedies to hinge entirely on nudity and voyeurism, pushed along by narration rather than dialogue.
Dialogue takes a back seat to a lone narrator and a clarinet-heavy score, giving the film its oddly detached, observational tone.
Russ Meyer’s distinctive lens sets the stage for his later, more outrageous cult classics.
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Questions from the Vault
What is The Immoral Mr. Teas about? +
The Immoral Mr. Teas follows a shy dental appliance salesman who, after dental surgery, gains x-ray vision and sees women without their clothes, leading to comedic embarrassment.
When was The Immoral Mr. Teas released? +
The Immoral Mr. Teas was released in 1959.
Who directed The Immoral Mr. Teas? +
The Immoral Mr. Teas was directed by Russ Meyer.
How long is The Immoral Mr. Teas? +
The film has a runtime of 63 minutes.
What genre is The Immoral Mr. Teas? +
The Immoral Mr. Teas is a comedy.
