The population of Puckerbush Gulch is a paltry 37 people. And every one is a woman.
That’s because 20 years prior, all the men were working in a mine when the shaft collapsed.
The tragedy ruined all the planet’s communications equipment as well, earning Puckerbush Dumbest Planet of the Year honors.
But saloon owner Lily is wishing on a star one night when, lo and behold, one falls from the heavens.
Next day on her rounds, Sheriff Sarah Parker finds the strangest woman lying in a heap of metal ruins.
She has short hair. She has a five-o’clock shadow. She’s dragged back to town where Mayor Delia Westwood quickly realizes why it all seems so strange.
It’s a man! An intergallatic trash collector who lost control of his spaceship.
Pretty soon, the mayor and the sheriff — both of whom doubted the need for men in their town — are vying for the attention of this space man who calls himself Steve Rogers.
Heck, saloon owner Lily has designs on him as well.
Elizabeth Kaitan as Delia Westwood, mayor of Puckerbush Gulch in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Leslie Kay as Sheriff Sarah Parker, trying to keep the law and Steve Rogers in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Review:
I’m not sure what it says when a sexploitation film gets better each time the sex scenes stop and the talking starts.
But that’s the case with Petticoat Planet, where the sex scenes are pretty tame, but the script is pretty funny.
Take for instance a scene in which Mayor Delia decides space man Steve should be put on trial for excessive use of derogatory female nicknames and other high crimes.
The trial is held on a bright pink gallows.
Betsy Lynn George as Lily, wishing on a star in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Troy Vincent as Steve Rogers, stuck in jail and about to learn frontier justice can be pleasurable in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Directed by:
David DeCoteau
as Ellen Cabot
Cast:
Elizabeth Kaitan … Delia Westwood
Troy Vincent … Steve Rogers
Lesli Kay … Sheriff Sarah Parker
as Leslie Kay Sterling
Betsy Lynn George … Lily
Runtime: 78 min.
Elizabeth Kaitan as Delia Westwood, on a bender and warning Lily about men in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Leslie Kay as Sheriff Sarah Parker, ready to fight for the only man around in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Memorable lines:
Sheriff Parker: “Ain’t you happy, Lily?”
Lily: “I was listening to the old-timers talk about the good ol’ days, back when there were men here.”
Sheriff Parker: “Men? We get along just fine without them.”
Sheriff Parker: “I’m not saying we need men to get along. I’m just sayin’ it might be nice to have some around to use as pets or something.”
Mayor Delia Westwood: “And who’d clean up after them?”
Steve Rogers: “You’re screwing me up?”
Sheriff Parker: “Listen, spaceman, it wasn’t that hard to do.”
Steve Rogers: “Shit. I’m handcuffed. I’m in jail. And my butt hurts. This is not good.”
Mayor Delia Westwood: “Let me guess. Sheriff Parker did her frontier justice routine, didn’t she?”
Sheriff Parker: “I’m warning you, Delia. They don’t call me Snake Eyes for nothing.”
Delia: “Could be a birth defect.”
Betsy Lynn George as Lily, warning the mayor she’s had too much to drink in Petticoat Planet (1996)
Troy Vincent as Steve Rogers, sharing a tender moment with Lily in Petticoat Planet (1996)
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