Lorna (film)

Lorna
Theatrical poster to Lorna (1964)
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Written by	James Griffith Russ Meyer
Produced by	Eve Meyer Russ Meyer
Starring	Lorna Maitland Mark Bradley James Rucker Hal Hopper Doc Scortt Althea Currier F. Rufus Owens Frank Bolger Ken Parker James Griffith
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Music by	Hal Hopper (title song) James Griffith (uncredited)
Distributed by	Eve Productions Inc.
Release date	September 11, 1964 (1964-09-11)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$37,000[1]

Lorna is a 1964 independent film starring Lorna Maitland, produced and directed by Russ Meyer. It was written in four days by James Griffith, who played the preacher in the film.

Lorna marks the end of Meyer's "nudies" and his first foray into serious film making. It was his first film in the sexploitation style with a dramatic storyline. It was one of Meyer's early, rural gothic films. It is perhaps his most romantic film, despite the tragic ending. Meyer describes the movie as "a brutal examination of the important realities of power, prophecy, freedom and justice in our society against a background of violence and lust, where simplicity is only a facade." Reviews described Maitland as "a wanton of unparalleled emotion [...] unrestrained earthiness [...] destined to set a new standard of voluptuous beauty." Lorna was called "the female Tom Jones".^{[citation needed]}

Lorna was the first of three films Meyer filmed featuring Lorna Maitland. Though still a low-budget, it was the most expensive film he had made to date, and was Meyer's first film in 35 mm.