Movie: Desistfilm

Top 6 Billed Cast

A. Austin
A. Austin

Robert Benson
Robert Benson

Yvonne Fair
Yvonne Fair

Lawrence Jordan
Lawrence Jordan

Walter Newcomb
Walter Newcomb

James Tenney
James Tenney

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    Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette between his lips, a swagger on his face. The young woman laughs. As the four young men continue disconnected activities, the other two become a couple. When the four realize something has changed, first they stare at the couple who have kissed and now are dancing slowly. The four run from the house in a kind of frenzy and return to stare. The power of sex has unnerved them.

  • Release Date

    1954-01-01

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    5.5

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    2.8 starts
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