The Films of Doris Wishman: The Moonlight Years

Three-disc set includes: The Sex Perils Of Paulette (1965)Paulette is an innocent young girl who is quickly introduced to the sordid ways of New York City in this good-girl-gone-bad classic from director Doris Wishman. She arrives in the Big Apple looking to make it big, but when she begins to share an apartment with a hooker named Tracy, Paulette becomes immersed in a world of sexual depravity that she may not be able to resist. Anna Karol, Darlene Bennett, Sam Stewart star. 72 min. BW/Rtg: NR Bad Girls Go To Hell (1965)A naive small-town girl travels to New York. Dreaming of fame, but bereft of money, talent, and common sense, she is easy prey for sex-seeking lechers and lesbians, in this egregious softcore melodrama from Doris Wishman. Gigi Darlene, Dawn Bennett, George La Rocque, Sam Stewart star. 65 min. BW/Rtg: NR The Hot Month Of August (1966)This campy sexual drama deals with a young man who sleeps with one woman (Alexis) but falls for another (Hope) while on a trip home from Athens. However, Alexis has a jealous husband, and when he discovers the affair, it unleashes a maelstrom of sex, violence, and set-ups. Doris Wishman bought this foreign production and then rewrote the narrative and overdubbed the original dialogue while adding her own sexual touches. 79 min. BW/Rtg: NR Another Day, Another Man (1966)What a difference a day makes, especially in the life of Ann (Barbi Kemp), whose struggle to make ends meet when her husband becomes ill forces her into the world of prostitution. Exploitation classic from Doris Wishman also stars Darlene Bennett, Mary O'Hara, Tony Gregory. 71 min. BW/Rtg: NR My Brother's Wife (1966)This intense incest melodrama from Doris Wishman details, in flashback form, a torrid menage a trois between a man, his girlfriend, and his oversexed sister-in-law. June Roberts, Sam Stewart, Darlene Bennett star. 61 min. BW/Rtg: NR A Taste Of Flesh (1967)A pair of scantily-clad women invites their sexy friend Hannah to stay with them while she's in town. However, matters get sordid in this Doris Wishman "ruffie" when a couple of assassins trailing Hannah invade the apartment and torture her into divulging where her boss, the Prime Minister is located. A twisted night of exotic sex, violence, and eventually, murder follows. Cleo Nova, Layla Peters, Darlene Bennett star. 70 min. BW/Rtg: NR Indecent Desires (1968)hen a trashpicking schnook (Michael Alaimo) brings home a plastic doll and a magic ring, he discovers that whatever he does to the doll, the beautiful neighbor (Sharon Kent) he's obsessed with can feel it! Doris Wishman's feverish fantasy smoker also stars Jackie Richards. 75 min. BW/Rtg: NR Too Much Too Often! (1968)Director Doris Wishman presents this sexploitation tale that features Buck Starr as an evil wretch who blackmails one of his masochistic johns (Bob Oran) into giving him a cushy job. Starr then proceeds to wreak havoc upon Oran's life by stealing his clients, and seducing his daughter and secretary. Distraught, Oran eventually turns to tough detective Sam Stewart to exact revenge. Sharon Kent, Rita Bennett co-star. 72 min. BW/Rtg: NR Passion Fever (1969)Sexploitation master Doris Wishman bought this Greek production and then rewrote the narrative, overdubbed the dialogue, and added in some extra sex scenes to make it her own. The film concerns a wealthy playboy who has a field day seducing numerous women, but when a teenage girl kills herself after being played, it threatens to destroy the man. Panos Kateris and Eleni Anousaki star. 75 min. BW/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); audio commentary; image gallery; theatrical trailers.

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