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Three in the Attic (1968)

Three in the Attic poster
Directed by
Richard Wilson
Genre
comedy drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A college student dates three women separately, promising each one his fidelity. When the women discover his lies, they trap him in an attic and take turns punishing him with sexual advances.

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What happens

Three in the Attic (stylized as 3 in the Attic) is a 1968 comedy-drama film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux, with Judy Pace and Maggie Thrett. Nan Martin, John Beck, and Eve McVeagh appear in supporting roles. Jones plays Paxton Quigley, a lothario who swears his fidelity to all three of the women he is dating, each of whom is unaware of his deception. When they learn the truth about Paxton, the women lure him into a college dormitory attic, where they each take turns attacking Paxton sexually in order to punish him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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