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Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)

Pretty Maids All in a Row poster
Directed by
Roger Vadim
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, comedy thriller, detective film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school teacher and a police detective investigate a series of murders at a California school. The teacher also carries on a secret affair with a student.

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What happens

Pretty Maids All in a Row is a 1971 American sexploitation film with elements of black comedy, sex comedy, and murder mystery. Starring Rock Hudson, Angie Dickinson, and Telly Savalas, it was released on April 28, 1971. Roger Vadim directed the film, and Gene Roddenberry produced and wrote the screenplay based on a 1968 novel by Francis Pollini. The film was Roddenberry's only feature-film writing credit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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