"Kip Noll & the Westside Boys" is the 1979 William Higgins pre-condom classic known for two things: The focus on the superstar post-twink Kip Noll, and the sensational scene with Benjamin Barker and Rob Stevens.
As for the focus on curly-haired dirty-blond Kip Noll -- well, the movie is named after him, but it really doesn't say all that much about him that those of us who were porn freaks at the time (count me in) didn't already know about him. First of all, he was one of those je-ne-ais-quois California surfer types who helped William Higgins redefine gay porn -- kind of cute with gapped teeth but not gorgeous, pretty well built, hot dick, but most importantly, very active in his sexual situations. Ironically, this is one of his tamer performances, but it's still scorching when he's onscreen. The flick begins with Higgins' voice-over intro of the plot -- there is none, just that the movie will center around Kip who is house sitting in a grand Hollywood manse. He is introduced to us stroking his fat cock to a climax in bed.
We then move to the pool where Rob Stevens, the straight pool man, is cleaning the place. Tall, with curly dirty blond locks and mustache, he is left to mind the place when Benjamin Barker, an insurance man who had an appointment with the owner, shows up. A gorgeous, perfect 1970s preppy type with glasses and a fumbling way about him, Ben mistakes the hunk for the owner and before you know it, they're ripping each other's clothes off. An extraordinary cocksucker, little Ben is on his knees and deeply satisfying his throat and Rob's cock in an instant, moving to lie on his back as Rob pumps his throat (Ben's tie is still on). In one of the great sequences of the era, the camera moves in between Ben's white shorts as Rob gets his hands into the waistband and then pulls out the smaller guy's huge cock and starts to suck and play with the pre-cum. I can distinctly remember the crowd in the theatre in New York where I saw the premier of this movie collectively suck its breath when this happened, and it was all cum gushing from then on. Rob rips Ben's shorts at the waist and proceeds to pleasure his guest until, very shortly, he pulls up and spills a massive load of cum all over Ben's waiting, open mouth. Rob then grabs Ben's ejaculating boner and helps him spill and licks a little himself.
They're not done. The dudes head to the sauna where Ben has offered his ass to Rob doggy-style up against the steaming wooden walls before they jump into the pool to cool off and then jump out to finish the tryst. This happened in a flower patch where they kiss and Ben opens his legs for Rob's missionary plunges, his hairy chest and crotch a perfect contrast to the smooth, preppy Ben whom he eventually flips onto his stomach and then covers with another gusher all over his back. They stand and Rob cradles Ben in a passionate embrace and jerks him off to a major climax. This was Ben's screen debut and he went on to establish himself as the quintessential preppy porn pup in the industry.
Meanwhile, Kip has taken off to Venice where he is watching the boys work out -- the era is captured perfectly with all the long-haired boys sauntering around half-naked. There Kip meets his old friend Rick Brennan, a dark-haired frat type, and invites him back to the house to try out the pool and the Jacuzzi. After a casual grab or two in the tub, the two are soon locked in a hot kiss and embrace and then move to the sex. Kip takes Rick's fat cock out of his trunks and sucks it, then writhes in ecstasy as Rick goes down on his major and heavily pubed tool to give him a sensationally framed blowjob. This moves into a little mutual ass-licking until Kip shoves his cock up Rick's tight hole doggy, grinding and pumping as the water splashes around their writhing bodies. The grunts and groans are submerged to the heavy metal soundtrack as Kip pulls out and licks Rick's throbbing cock until Rick pulls a major load out of it. Kip grabs the sticky cock and plays with it as they kiss.
Kip does not cum in this sequence, but soon they are joined by Mark, who is Rick's cousin. Kip soon has his mouth on this boy's crotch just as two others, curly blond Chris Henderson and cute preppy Jim Taylor, show up. These two start kissing and find the now empty Jacuzzi just what they need for a place to get happy, and that they do with Jim sucking Chris before they find a place by the pool where Chris services his buddy before offering his tan-lined ass to him for a fierce doggy-fuck. He sprays his load over his buddy's ass and then helps him spurt his own load as they lie side by side. But they're not done. Back in the house, Chris is sucking on Jim's rod again in the bedroom licking its head and spittle until Jim blows a load. Chris licks some cum off Jim's pubes and then jerks himself off again.
Meanwhile, in the living room the fireplace is roaring and Kip's cock is the center of the cousins' attention as the cousins get him ready to fuck. He does this to Rick, doggy, as Mark lies on his back and takes Rick's dong down his throat. The editing is quick and to the point here -- all three eventually spill their loads on themselves but Kip and Rick do manage to lick up most of Mark's massive spillage before it ends with Rick's face in Mark's crotch and Kip and Mark in a deep, cummy, kiss.
The editing skills of the era make this movie a bit choppy and non-sequential in some ways, and it does not offer us the best of Mr. Noll's sexual diversity (he was a major bottom as well), but it is a good introduction to the late-1970s porn era, and is masterly restored. And that second scene at the pool, well, you simply have to see it and keep it in your collection.
DVD features: Chapters; cum-shots chapter; PSA ("Wrap It Up"); and no regional coding (playable worldwide).
A DVD Review by Bo Champion