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Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Valley of the Dolls poster
Directed by
Mark Robson
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 147 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Three young women become friends while trying to make it in the entertainment industry. As their careers go in different directions, they all fall into addiction to prescription pills.

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What happens

Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and produced by David Weisbart, based on Jacqueline Susann's 1966 novel. The film stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate as three young women who become friends as they struggle to forge careers in the entertainment industry. As their careers take different paths, all three descend into barbiturate addiction. Susan Hayward, Paul Burke, and Lee Grant co-star. Valley of the Dolls was released by 20th Century Fox on December 15, 1967. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, but became a box office success and one of the studio's highest-grossing films. In the decades since its release, it has attracted a passionate cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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