Why was the film Riders on the Storm Banned?

Answer 1

The film was banned for two major reasons. One, the title was misleading and suggested a moderate Western or War Film. It was not a western but ina sense was a sort of war drama registering the impact of war-not shell-shock gunplay here, on Two sisters, both Blondes. The second reason is that the movie introduced the subject matter of prostitution, one of the girls opts for this life style, and it seemed to suggest that this was driven by actities at the front! It was not a war film in the traditional sense of (battle of the Bulge) or (Patton) but did have a social commentary angle. For many years it was not only banned in theatres but is still, I believe in original form banned form network Tv. (Cable is another story) I recall there was talk of a remake in the sixties with Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac who were blood sisters, but this was cruelly shorted by the tragic death of Mlle Dorleac in a still controversial auto crash. that"s another subject!