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The Sinister Urge (1960)

The Sinister Urge poster
Directed by
Ed Wood
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
2.8 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a string of murders linked to a ring of pornography producers. The film follows the cops and the criminals as they clash over the illegal operation.

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What happens

The Sinister Urge is a 1960 crime drama film that was written, directed and co-produced by Ed Wood. It starred Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Dino Fantini, Jean Fontaine, Harvey Dunn and Conrad Brooks. Wood originally wrote the script under the working title The Racket Queen The film was featured in season 6, episode 13 of the cult television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 after the short educational film Keeping Clean and Neat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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