Movie: Sex Is a Four Letter Word

Top 8 Billed Cast

Joy Smithers
Joy Smithers

Sylvia

Mark Lee
Mark Lee

John

Rhett Walton
Rhett Walton

Morris

Tessa Humphries
Tessa Humphries

Tracy

Timothy Jones
Timothy Jones

Tom

Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto

Viv

Jonathon Sammy-Lee
Jonathon Sammy-Lee

Dan

Murray Fahey
Murray Fahey

Pizza Man

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    Some people say love is sex, sex is love. While others say sex is a four letter word. Sylvia is a love columnist who is writing a book on love stories. On a warm summer night she has invited six friends to tell true stories of their intimate love and sexual experiences. During the course of the evening the boundaries between love, sex and friendship narrow. People are exposed, fears are shared, friendships tested and relationships are destroyed and new ones formed. SEX IS A FOUR LETTER WORD is a contemporary film about love in the 1990s.

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    1995-10-01

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