Blu-ray Review – Little Orphan Sammy

"Annie" mania quickly took over the world in the late 1970s, with the Broadway show becoming a staple of musical theater, capturing viewer hearts with its warm study of family love and kid-sized moxie. And you can bet your bottom dollar that the adult film industry was going to have some interest in working with that kind of publicity. 1977's "Little Orphan Sammy" is more of a play on the original comic strip version of "Annie," with director Don Walters trying to replicate the bold colors and bigness of emotion that's typically found on the page, going wild with the tale of an orphaned man sent out into the world, generally unaware he's in the middle of an evil plot to steal energy secrets. It's the 1930s and the '70s smashed into one strange comedy that almost doesn't have interest in creating carnal activity. "Little Orphan Sammy" is certainly entertaining, with the cast grasping the heightened tone of the material, delivering enthusiastic performances. The feature gets a tad exhausting as it attempts to monitor the action of multiple characters, but the overall anarchy of the endeavor is something to see. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com