3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964)

Beautiful blonde stripper Saxie Symbol (Mamie Van Doren) and her two neurotic male friends, used car salesman Joe (Paul Gilbert) and male fashion model Bruce (John Cronin), pool their funds and send an unemployed actor named Tom (Tommy Noonan, who also wrote and directed the film) to an expensive psychiatrist to present their combined neuroses simultaneously – and pay just one bill.

World-famous Dr Myra Von (Ziva Rodann) believes she has discovered a patient with a three-way split personality and is convinced that this strange case of schizophrenia is an excellent opportunity for her to advance her career.

She sets up a closed-circuit telecast with other famous psychiatrists, but the broadcast is accidentally channelled to home viewers, and Dr Von becomes famous.

A Hollywood producer buys the screen rights, and all the participants become wealthy. Tom eventually admits the whole story to the producer – who is even more pleased.

Based on his experiences, Tom feels qualified to settle the problems of Joe and Bruce – the two male members of the “split personality” – and recommends that Saxie settle down with a nice guy – namely, himself.

All ends happily for the zany trio, the (now-employed) actor, and the bewildered doctor.

This second feature from Tom Noonan (following Promises Promises with Jayne Mansfield) was obviously produced for the speciality cinemas catering for raincoat-wearing male customers who enjoyed seeing pretty girls removing their clothes.

The film makes some attempt at being a comedy but shows its true colours when it gets to the nude sequences. Most of the film is in black and white, but it switches to colour when the girls strip to the buff.

Mamie Van Doren shows almost every inch of her delectable physiognomy in scenes ranging from a nude beer bath to a torrid bump and grind strip.

Saxie Symbol
Mamie Van Doren
Tom
Tommy Noonan
Dr Myra Von
Ziva Rodann
Joe Lynch
Paul Gilbert
Bruce Bernard
John Cronin
Dr Otis Salverson
Howard Koch (as Peter Howard)
Henry
T.C. Jones
R.L. Katz
Charles Irving
Sutter T. Finley
Alvy Moore
Mrs Berkeley-Kent
Marjorie Bennett
Mr Blyth
Arthur Gould-Porter
Edwards
Pat O’Moore
Miss Griswald
Jennie Lee
Miss Frisbee
Pat Noone
Lennie
Robert Kenneally

Director
Tommy Noonan