Also known as: THE DAY THE LORD GOT BUSTED
and LOVIN' MAN JESUS

director: Burt Topper
starring: Fabian (Fabian Forte) · Nai Bonet · Tony Russel · Casey Kasem · Larry Bishop · Kitty Vallacher

Matthew Crowe (Fabian) is a whoring, pot-smoking, wandering singer who inadvertently teams up with a tent-show preacher and discovers how to turn religion into a personal fortune. The preacher immediately recognizes Matthew's charisma, and - together as a team - they begin collecting big donations for delivering sermons coupled with rocking gospel songs. As Matthew's popularity grows, he signs a record deal, the preacher becomes his personal manager and they hire a sleazy promotion man (played by the oily Casey Kasem) to keep the ball rolling. Matthew Crowe becomes 'Matthew, Son of Jesus' and young people across the country are packing arenas to see him. But, even though he may appear to be the saintly prophet on stage, Matthew is still addicted to rough sex and drugs. His dark side is on a collision course with his image.

Interestingly, the Fabian-of-the-Seventies was a much more accomplished entertainer than the initial pop-star Fabian of the late Fifties and '60s. Despite his inability to successfully carry a tune through an entire song, young Fabian warbled through a series of chart hits - including TIGER, HOUND DOG MAN and (his biggest) TURN ME LOOSE - before leaving the music business. By 1973, after dabbling in the movies, he made a concerted effort to change his wholesome [yet artificial] image. Fabian had worked with American International producer Burt Topper previously (on 1969's "Devil's 8" and a bit later on "The Hard Ride"), so he immediately agreed to make this controversial film for Burt. At the same time, Fabian shocked his fans by appearing nude in a '73 issue of PLAYGIRL magazine.

This would be Burt Topper's last project as a director. After this motion picture, he concentrated more on the daily business of running American International Studios where he worked as Head of Production with Roger Corman and Samuel Z Arkoff. Mr Topper died at age 78 in April 2007.

Fabian went to Mexico in 1980 to make the film DYNASTY OF DRACULA for Alfred Crevenna. That south-of-the-boarder project was followed by numerous television productions. Today, Fabian and his wife Andrea are actively involved with the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. He and Andrea live on a 20 acre farm in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

An American film in English language; fullscreen format, uncut version at 81 minutes, DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include theatrical trailers.

Sexual Situations/Nudity/Violence/Drugs
for Mature Audiences