Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
Original film poster
Directed by	Russ Meyer
Produced by	Russ Meyer
Written by	Russ Meyer Tom McGowan
Starring	Larissa Ely Linda Ashton Charles Napier
Cinematography	Russ Meyer
Edited by	Russ Meyer
Distributed by	Eve Productions Inc.
Release date	April 22, 1970 (1970-04-22)
Running time	71 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Cherry, Harry & Raquel! is a 1970 softcore exploitation film produced and directed by American film director Russ Meyer. Following the success of Vixen! (1968), the film is notable for the first appearance of actor (and Meyer regular) Charles Napier playing Harry Thompson, a California border sheriff and marijuana smuggler who makes a reappearance in 1975's Supervixens.

Napier's nude scene with Larissa Ely, where they run in the desert, is the first instance of full frontal male nudity in a Meyer picture. The appearance of a penis in a movie in 1970 was still a novelty, and was reported on by the Associated Press after the movie was released and became a hit.

Uschi Digard, who would also go on to make frequent appearances in Meyer's films, was cast as the naked muse of the Apache character. Shown in cut scenes usually wearing only an Apache headdress, this plot device was necessitated after the lead actress left the shoot early and there was 20 minutes of footage needed to complete the film.

The film begins with a monotone narration about the developing evil of marijuana in modern society and the need for vigilance in stopping the actions of the "pushers" and the "smugglers."

Harry, a small town border sheriff, lives at the site of a defunct silver mine with his girlfriend Cherry, an Englishwoman who works as a nurse. The blonde Raquel (Larissa Ely) is a writer and works to sexually pleasure the local men for the enjoyment of it. Cherry and Raquel are intrigued with meeting each other, but Harry prevents this meeting as he feels that the idea of two women having sex is "un-American."