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Polyester(1981)
Status: Released
Date: 1981-05-29
70%
184 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
It’s Scentsational!
Overview:
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Languages: Mandarin, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $300,000.00
Revenue: $1,120,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Dreamland
Michael White Productions
Movie: Polyester
Top 10 Billed Cast
Divine
Francine Fishpaw
Tab Hunter
Todd Tomorrow
Edith Massey
Cuddles Kovinsky
Mary Garlington
Lu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken King
Dexter Fishpaw
Mink Stole
Sandra Sullivan
Stiv Bators
Bo-Bo Belsinger
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