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The Laughing Woman (1970)
Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.
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Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.
Rating:R
Genre:Romance, Thriller
Written By:Paolo Levi, Piero Schivazappa, Giuseppe Zaccariello
In Theaters:5/20/1970
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Runtime:86 minutes
Studio:Cemo Film
Cast
Piero Schivazappa
Director
Dagmar Lassander
Maria
Philippe Leroy
Dr. Sayer
Lorenza Guerrieri
Gida
Varo Soleri
Administrator
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Sayer's Secretary
Mirella Pamphili
Streetwalker
Manlio Dalla Pria
Politician (uncredited)
Salvatore Furnari
Dwarf (uncredited)
John Karlsen
Manservant (uncredited)
Gennarino Pappagalli
Passerby (uncredited)
Osvaldo Peccioli
Politician (uncredited)
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