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Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
Directed by Roger Vadim
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Overview
At Oceanfront High School, female students are being targeted by an unknown serial killer. Meanwhile, a married teacher hides his flings with nubile students, and an awkward male is frustrated by the plethora of uninhibited freewheeling young girls.
Rated R | Length 91 minutes
Actors
Rock Hudson | Angie Dickinson | Telly Savalas | John David Carson | Roddy McDowall | Keenan Wynn | James Doohan | William Campbell | Susan Tolsky | Barbara Leigh | Gretchen Parsons Carpenter | Aimée Eccles | JoAnna Cameron | Margaret Markov | June Fairchild | Joy Bang | Brenda Sykes | Diane Sherry | Philip Brown | Mark Malmborg | Kyle Johnson | Warren Seabury | Gary Tigerman | Tim Ray | Alberto Isaac | Dawn Roddenberry | Stephanie Mizrahi | Larry Marmorstein | Judy Michie | Diane Lambert | Adriana Bentley | Joyce Williams | Chris Woodley | Fredricka Meyers | Linda Morand | Topo Swope | Orville Sherman | Jomarie Ward | Otis Greene | Guy Remsen | Estrellita Rania | Sharon Douglas | Joe Quinn
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/13/2010 | N/A | DVD | N/A | 4 stars |
| (Average) 4 stars |
Viewing Notes
Totally not what I was expecting. The scenes I had seen advertising this for Weird Wednesday made it seem more like a sex romp style comedy but instead it’s a crime thriller with elements of a sex comedy. Great film!
Interestingly enough it’s written by Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek fame and stars Rock Hudson as a suave high school counselor who is bedding all the birds in the school. Angie Dickinson plays a super sexy substitute who puts the come on onto a young man in her class who is very awkward but has no luck with the ladies. The kid ends up finding a body in the school bathroom when he goes to knock one out after having Angie rub her breasts in his face “accidentally” in class. That sets off an investigation in to the murder, which multiples to more bodies. Telly Savalas plays the lead detective, which isn’t a huge stretch since he was oft used as a cop in his roles.
All in all it’s a terrific film. You never really can figure out the killer and it plays the whole comedy, sex and thriller thing quite handily.
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