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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

"This Is Not A Sequel. There Has Never Been Anything Like It!"

1970

1h 49m

6.1(216 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Music

Overview

An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.

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20th Century Fox

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Dolly Read

Dolly Read

Kelly McNamara

Cynthia Myers

Cynthia Myers

Casey Anderson

Marcia McBroom

Marcia McBroom

Petronella Danforth

John Lazar

John Lazar

Ronnie Z-Man Barzell

Michael Blodgett

Michael Blodgett

Lance Rocke

David Gurian

David Gurian

Harris Allsworth

Edy Williams

Edy Williams

Ashley St. Ivens

Erica Gavin

Erica Gavin

Roxanne

Phyllis Davis

Phyllis Davis

Susan Lake

Harrison Page

Harrison Page

Emerson Thome

Creative team

Directed by: Russ Meyer
Written by: Roger Ebert
Russ Meyer
Produced by: Russ Meyer

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