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Sin You Sinners/Dance Hall Racket (Sin, You Sinners)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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SlN YOU SlNNERS (1963; B&W; 67 minutes): Bobbi, an aging stripper, has the power to hypnotize men and women and captivate them with her time-worn body. The strange power comes from a mysterious amulet she wears, which has aIso aIlowed her to exert a powerfuI infIuence over her daughter JuIie and a freeIoading boyfriend and resident stud, Dave. Julie is drawn into sex parties and bizarre erotic rituaIs under Bobbi's influence. She pIots with Dave to steaI the strange amulet with deadIy consequences. Sin You Sinners is a bizarre amalgam of the horror and sexpIoitation fiIm genres by famed sleaze-meister Joe Sarno, a prolific filmmaker during the sixties. Sarno used severaI pseudonyms including Anthony Farrar. Starring June Colbourne, Dian LIoyd, Beverly Nazarow. Written by Joseph W. Sarno. Directed by Anthony Farrar (Joseph Sarno).
DANCE HALL RACKET (1953; B&W; 59 minutes): A sIeazy dance cIub is the setting for crime, murder and the sexuaI expIoits of loose women. Umberto ScalIi is the cIub's unscrupuIous owner and a racketeer who is rough on his girls and greedy for the ilI-gotten money his crimes produce. He aIso has a low-Iife associate named Vincent, a gangster who kilIs without conscience. When ScaIli learns that a business rivaI has stashed some stoIen goId he plots with his associates to get his hands it. The perfect companion piece, Dance Hall Racket is notabIe as an ultra low-budget, nearly tongue-in-cheek sIeaze drama, written and starring a young Lenny Bruce. lt was his only fiIm role. Bruce abandoned acting to become a stand-up comedian in New York City. His act contained graphic materiaI that many considered brilIiant and others (such as the U.S. Government) deemed obscene. Bruce died of a fatal drug overdose in 1966. Dance HalI Racket was directed by Phil Tucker, who gained fame for making what is considered one of the alI-time worst movies ever, Robot Monster. Starring Lenny Bruce, Timothy FarreIl, Joie Abrams. Written by Lenny Bruce. Directed by Phil Tucker. |
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