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Cry Uncle! is a american film of genre Comedy directed by John G. Avildsen released in USA on 17 august 1971 with Allen Garfield

Cry Uncle! (1971)

Cry Uncle!
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Released in USA 17 august 1971
Length 1h27
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating49% 2.4610952.4610952.4610952.4610952.461095

Cry Uncle! (also American Oddballs and Superdick) is a 1971 film in the Troma library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield. The story, based on the Michael Brett novel Lie a Little, Die a Little, follows the misadventures of a slobbish private detective who is hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder. The movie features one of Paul Sorvino's first screen performances, and an early appearance from TV star Debbie Morgan.

The film features a great deal of nudity, sex, drug use, and an explicit act of necrophilia. The film was banned in Finland for the year following its release, and in Norway until 2003. In addition to becoming a cult classic, the film launched a string of Troma films that appeared in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, many of them becoming cult films that would run on cable TV.

Synopsis

The story follows a detective who takes on a murder case, complicated by a diverse group of suspects and a lot of sexual situations.

Actors

Allen Garfield

(Jake Masters)Debbi Morgan

(Olga Winter)Paul Sorvino

(Coughing Cop)Jackson Beck

(Narrator (voice))Mel Stewart

(Lt. Fowler)
And :
Marcia Jean Kurtz
Frank Vitale
Lloyd Kaufman
Robyn Hilton
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