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Burning Up Inside(1979)
Status: Released
Date: 1979-04-11
48%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
Overview:
The virgin daughter of an important business man is kidnapped in a nightclub by a couple working as sex slave traders aboard a ship. She, along with other abducted women, are given a drug that freezes their bodies into human statues.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Camidis Films
Movie: Burning Up Inside
Top 8 Billed Cast
Susan Hemingway
Jenny Goldstone
Brigitte Lahaie
Lorna
Aida Vargas
Maria
Martine Fléty
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The virgin daughter of an important business man is kidnapped in a nightclub by a couple working as sex slave traders aboard a ship. She, along with other abducted women, are given a drug that freezes their bodies into human statues.
Release Date
1979-04-11
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4.789
Rating:
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