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The Touchables (1968)

The Touchables poster
Directed by
Robert Freeman
Genre
sexploitation film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R
Rating
3.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young women kidnap a pop star and hold him hostage in a secluded house. The film follows the power dynamics and psychological tension that develop between the captors and their captive.

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What happens

The Touchables (also known as Love Generation) is a 1968 British crime drama film directed by Robert Freeman and starring Judy Huxtable, Esther Anderson and James Villiers. It was written by Ian La Frenais from a story by Donald Cammell. Cammell, who shares screenplay credit, would later rework its themes in Performance (1970). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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