Uriah43 "Diane Marshall" (Angel Tompkins) is a 28 year-old teacher who wants a divorce from her 40 year-old husband. Sexually frustrated, she wants to have an affair with an 18 year-old student named "Sean Roberts" (Peter North) who has just graduated from high school and is off for the summer. Unfortunately, there is a mentally disturbed person named "Ralph Gordon" (Anthony James) who is completely obsessed with Diane and becomes insanely jealous of the attention Diane is lavishing on Sean. Adding to the tension is the fact that Ralph's brother, "Lou Gordon" (Rudy Herrera Jr.) was recently killed in an altercation when Ralph caught Sean and Lou spying on Diane. Ralph blames Sean for Lou's death even though it was clearly an accident. Anyway, rather than spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this type of low-budget film was quite typical at drive-ins during the mid-70's. The plot was extremely basic, the dialogue was awful and the love scenes were laughable. Quite frankly, the only good thing about this movie was the presence of Angel Tompkins as she was simply divine. Everything else was quite forgettable. That said, I will rate it as only slightly below average even though it feels like a bit of a stretch to rate it even that high.

Greatornot Not much to add from the mish mash of reviews. I will give it a shot anyway. First off, I do not think this film was meant to be taken seriously. I sense the irony in having Jay North as the naive teen being seduced by his lovely teacher. Added irony is that Jay North aka Sean and his teacher are being stalked by vet Anthony James aka Ralph. Hmmmm wasn't 'Dennis the Menace' the kid that just would not leave Mr. Wilson alone. Perhaps I am reaching, perhaps not. In any event, the acting did not stand out , except for Anthony James, who I felt was brilliant as the stereotypical psycho vet. For male viewers like myself... You have to love the 'generosity' of Angel Thompkins , showing off her natural assets. This was part of my set and I felt it was better than I expected. As you can see I do not expect much from these bulk movie deals . Worth a watch. I must admit , it was refreshing to see a film go against the tide of PC. I do not think film makers would have much guts to do a film like this today. This was a very average flick and please folks , accept it for what it is. I do think it was meant to be somewhat spoofy.

MisterWhiplash One of the handful of pictures made by Hikmet Avedis, a classifiable low-budget director of not-quite schlock and drive-in flicks, The Teacher is ostensibly about a 28 year old teacher (lovely Angel Tompkins)- the hottie of the town without a husband as he's a drifter/biker somewheres- who bonds with the shy 18 year old former student neighbor (1/2 dimensional Jay North) and start up a passionate affair. This part of the story is basically more or less just a Penthouse letter extended to feature length (and, oddly enough for a drive-in flick, the amount of sex is actually shown to a minimum, above the belt as it were). What makes it just a little bit more interesting, if also insane, is the character Ralph (crazy-eyed Anthony James), who comes off like a 2nd string James Bond villain missing a couple of acting classes.He's weird and a snoop, with an obsession with Diane holding a torch for her unofficially while also trying to hunt down Sean after the death of his younger brother. It seems stranger still why Ralph would be so distraught over his brother's death when all Ralph seems to do is sit in his warehouse by the harbor, take out a pair of binoculars from his coffin (which comes out of the mysterious hearse he drives around) which also has a rifle. But he's a villain nonetheless, creeping up at pretty much any instance Sean and Diane are out, or even while they're on her boat making love as he creeps up like a Z-grade Aquaman.If nothing else his ridiculous performance of an even sillier, deranged cat makes it watchable, when all else is just kind of mundane romance (North especially can barely act his way out of a paper bag, at least Tompkins has her sex appeal). It's nothing very special, or memorable, but if the title ever came up in conversation it would be fun to wax poetic about Anthony James as Ralph, or to contemplate the ways it could make a decent self-made MST3K feature.

christopher-underwood This was a surprise for me as I was expected a much more shabby offering and having already enjoyed Pick-Up on the same disc nearly didn't bother with it. But, it's really well done. True, some of the acting is a little wayward and although Jay North plays the reluctant young man a little too much at first, once he gets into his stride the pairing with the well on form, Angel Tomkins, works very well. In fact for once the older woman/younger man coming together is pretty believable. This may be because the actual discrepancy between their ages was almost that mentioned in the film, although eight years rather than ten. Admittedly Anthony James' weirdo is somewhat over the top but altogether I think the whole thing gels and I found that instead of much disc skipping, I had a most enjoyable ninety minutes or so in its company