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Bookmark this pagePretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Director: Roger Vadim
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From Time Out Film Guide
Somebody's knocking off girls at the high school in this sex-comedy-thriller, which doesn't get far in any of these directions. The sex is an updated equivalent of the kind indulged in by Rock Hudson in innumerable bedroom comedies. The comedy consists largely of Telly Savalas wearing his dark glasses on the top of his bald head, plus a few gags about embarrassing erections. And the thriller aspect derives from a couple of close-ups of Hudson looking dangerously manic. In one shot, the boom microphone hovers in full view for several seconds; an indication of the general sloppiness and pointlessness of Vadim's first American-made feature.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Roger Vadim
Producer: Gene Roddenberry
Cast: Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, Telly Savalas, John David Carson, Roddy McDowall, Keenan Wynn, William Campbell full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 95 mins
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