Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness

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Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

1h 41m

6.0(69 votes)

Drama

Overview

Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.

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12 members

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Ben Gazzara

Charles Serking

Ben Gazzara

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Ornella Muti

Cass

Ornella Muti

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Susan Tyrrell

Vera

Susan Tyrrell

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Tanya Lopert

Vicky

Tanya Lopert

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Roy Brocksmith

Barman

Roy Brocksmith

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Katya Berger

Girl on Beach

Katya Berger

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Hope Cameron

Hotel Proprietor

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Judith Drake

Widow

Judith Drake

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Patrick Hughes

Pimp

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Wendy Welles

Runaway

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Stratton Leopold

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Tobin Bell

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Tobin Bell

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