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The Playbirds is a British film of genre Thriller with Alan Lake
The Playbirds (1978)
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Add to a movie listThe Playbirds is a 1978 British sexploitation film made by Irish-born director Willy Roe and starring 1970s' pin-up Mary Millington alongside Glynn Edwards, Suzy Mandel and Windsor Davies. When a series of female centrefolds from the glamour magazine Playbirds are murdered by an obsessive fanatic, Scotland Yard are called to investigate the lurid world of pornography.
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Deux inspecteurs sont entrainés dans le milieu de la pornographie alors qu'ils enquêtent sur des meurtres de playmates...Actors
Alan Lake
(Harry Dougan)
Mary Millington
(Sgt. Lucy Sheridan)
Glynn Edwards
(Chief Superintendent Holbourne)
Kenny Lynch
(Police Doctor)
Windsor Davies
(Assistant Police Commissioner)
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