Spanking Salesman & Fetch the Cane

‘Spanking Salesman’ and ‘Fetch the Cane’ are two movies that I believe are from Imprint Productions.  ‘Spanking Salesman’ is about 18-minutes long and it was probably made in 1985 while ‘Fetch the Cane’ is about 23-minutes long and it was probably made in 1986.  Both were distributed in the US by CalStar and they are currently also available on several ‘video on demand’ sites such as www.hotmovies.com.  I have not been able to find any record of either movie being released in the UK and I can’t identify the movie makers.

‘Spanking Salesman’ features two friends Julie and Alison, and Julie (I think this is Sue Ellis in one of her first roles) tells the story in a voice over.  The movie opens with the two girls going through a catalogue looking for erotic Christmas gifts when the company’s salesman, Oliver, arrives with his sample case and cane.  Oliver opens his case and starts to show the girls the toys.  During his sales pitch both Julie and Alison flashback to some of their previous experiences.  We see Allison with an ex-boyfriend, who is whipping her with a doubled belt on bare flesh and Julie with a boyfriend made her put on a schoolgirl uniform and then had her pull her own pants down for 12 strokes of the cane.  Both scenes are short (Julie's scene is only about 2 minutes and Alison's is about 3 minutes long) and neither is particularly memorable.

When we return from the flashbacks, the two girls are kneeling side-by-side on the floor, and bent over the coffee table, so that Oliver can demonstrate the use of the tawse on their bare bottoms.  This scene fills the final 5 minutes of the movie.  The girls kick their high heels and yelp in discomfort and, by the end their bottoms are red and bruised.  Julie’s final voice over tells us that Oliver is a phony, he is actually Julie’s new boyfriend posing as a salesman to entice Alison into an erotic adventure that presumable continues after the blackout.

I like the premise of ‘Spanking Salesman’ but it doesn’t really deliver.  The movie is short and revealing the ending in a voice over is a ‘cop out’ that largely wastes the intriguing concept.  This is one of those movies that I would like to see remade because I think the premise could be turned into a great movie.

‘Fetch the Cane’ opens with Carol, a blonde dressed in a school uniform talking on the telephone about a boy from her math class who is likely to be expelled from school for some unspecified infraction.  Her mother enters and tells her to get off the phone and then she begins to recite a list of problems that have occurred at school.  Finally, her mother announces that she is going to call her stepfather and have him come over after work.  She calls and tells him that his firm hand is required and then she sends Carol to her bedroom.

The scene shifts to the stepfather (Thomas) arriving.  The couple talk and decide that corporal punishment is order; her mother suggests a caning but Thomas decides to begin with a spanking.  Carol is called into the room (she has changed out of the school uniform) and she is soon over his knee.  Before long, her mother tells Tom that he isn’t doing it right and she proceeds to demonstrate the proper technique.  Partway through the hand spanking Carol is told to take off her panties and skirt and the spanking continues.  Carol struggles and whimpers throughout until she finally physically resists leading Carol to announce that ‘now it’s the cane’ and she sends Carol to the bathroom.

The scene cuts to the bathroom with Carol siting on the toilet and her mother telling her that she is not going to have any more wet floors.  The mother returns to the living room and tells Tom that she sent Carol to fetch the cane.  Carol enters and Tom has her kneel over the couch.  After two strokes the mother announces that changes are required.  She starts rearranging the furniture and has Carol bend over a bar stool.  This is about the midpoint of the movie and the caning continues with much crying and struggle but much of it isn’t terribly convincing.  After a few more strokes, and some crying on the floor, Carol is completely naked.  Then, after a few more strokes leave Carol throwing a temper tantrum on the floor, her parents lead her out of the room.

The scene shifts to the bathroom and the mother is giving Carol an enema.  This doesn’t do anything for me so, fortunately, the scene is short and Carol is soon back in the living room for one more hand spanking, first from her stepfather and then from her mother, to end the movie.

I was disappointed with ‘Fetch the Cane’ despite a promising beginning.  The pace is slow, particularly in the punishment scenes, and ‘Carol’ isn’t enough of an actress to make the constant crying and wailing throughout the punishments convincing.  Also, the ‘wait till your father gets home premise’ is defeated because the mother turns out to be a better top than ‘Thomas’.