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The Playbirds (1978)

The Playbirds poster
Directed by
Willy Roe
Genre
comedy drama
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
18
Rating
4.6 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates murders at a nudist magazine. The film follows the clues in this setup with a comedic tone.

campycomediclightheartedquaintseedycheekyold-fashionedplayful

What happens

The Playbirds (also known as David Sullivan's The Playbirds, The Playbird Murders, and Secrets of a Playgirl) is a 1978 British sexploitation film directed by Willy Roe and starring Mary Millington, Glynn Edwards, Suzy Mandel and Windsor Davies. It was the official follow-up to Come Play with Me (1977), one of the most successful of the British sex comedies of the 1970s, which also starred Millington. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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