The Greatest Adult Film Is This Unlikely ‘70s Classic

In the early ‘70s, the world of adult film was booming in unexpected ways. The industry’s offerings went from underground loops to full-fledged movie productions in a few short years, and thanks to the inescapable impact of Deep Throat in 1972, adult film was not only accessible, but being recognized in mainstream media and culture. This era was defined by three very different movies, started off by the goofy comedy Deep Throat, followed up by the minimalistic Behind the Green Door, and rounded off by The Devil in Miss Jones. Although director Gerard Damiano was behind two of these three classics, they couldn’t be more different, and while each of these titles made their own massive impacts, The Devil in Miss Jones was an unprecedented hit that dared to be bigger and better than anything that came before it.

What Is 'The Devil in Miss Jones' About?
Justine Jones (Georgina Spelvin) is a depressed spinster who slits her wrists and wakes up to find herself in the office of a Mr. Abaca, a secretary of sorts to the afterlife. He informs her that despite living a good honest life, her means of death are unforgivable, and therefore she will spend eternity in Hell. Shaken by the injustice of it all, she declares that were she to have her time again, she would live a life “filled, engulfed, consumed with lust”. Apparently, boredom is not limited to mortal life, and Abaca decides that allowing Justine her wish will give him something to do in an otherwise dull job, and so sends her on a journey overseen by The Teacher, played by industry legend Harry Reems. But over the course of Miss Jones’ many sexual entanglements, she becomes increasingly ravenous and debauched, to the point that she can never achieve the high that she so desperately chases, and when she is finally recalled back to Hell, she is destined to exist forever with her newly acquired addiction and no means of satisfying it.