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Passion Fever
UNITED STATES · 1969

Passion Fever

Doris Wishman
sexploitation dubbing creative reinterpretation lost dialogue international cinema
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Synopsis

This and The Hot Month of August, both made in Greece, were acquired by DORIS WISHMAN for release in the United States. However, she somehow or other lost the dialogue sheets needed for dubbing the films into English. With the original dialogue a mystery, and not understanding Greek in the first place, the Grand Dame of Sexploitation simply re-invented the entire plot blissfully dubbing it away wi

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