Movie: Taboo: The Single and the LP

Top 10 Billed Cast

Fahed Matson
Fahed Matson

Marion Eaton
Marion Eaton

Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson

Bill Feeney
Bill Feeney

Melinda McDowell
Melinda McDowell

George Kuchar
George Kuchar

Laurie Hendricks
Laurie Hendricks

Virginia Giritlian
Virginia Giritlian

Barbara Linkevitch
Barbara Linkevitch

Susan Matson
Susan Matson

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    Blend of documentary and domestic melodrama featuring a series of sexually charged vignettes inspired by a piece of toilet graffiti. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

  • Release Date

    1980-01-01

  • Average

    6.1

  • Rating:

    3.0 starts
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    English
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