Also known as FLESHDANCE, DIRTY LOVE stars Valentine Demy as Terry, a young dancer who leaves her boyfriend and journeys to Richmond, Virginia (of all places) to study dance and maybe get a part in a musical. She dances a lot and strips at any opportunity.
She's rescued from muggers by an older man, Robert, who becomes her boyfriend. Being a free spirit, she also makes it with a male stripper and a politician. When her roommate Susan gets hooked on pills and becomes a prostitute before ending up in the hospital, Terry helps her get back on track.
After getting the lead in a "Chorus Line"-type dance show, Terry leaves her boyfriend and is ready to make it on her own.
The film attempts to be about Terry's search for her identity, although the character and the actress are too vapid to be interesting. With its many scenes of Terry bicycling and doing leg-lifts, this film is like a racier version of FLASHDANCE. D'Amato's sidekick Laura Gemser is not in it, but there is a Gemser-lookalike who gives Terry a massage.
It's probably D'Amato's most benign, bubble-headed film. A sequel, DIRTY LOVE 2, did not feature Demy, who went on to star in the VALENTINA series of sexy romps.
