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The Stripper
UNITED STATES · 1963

The Stripper

Franklin J. Schaffner
failed dreams aging and obsolescence small-town life coming-of-age romance social class divide
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Synopsis

An aging former movie starlet whose Hollywood career went nowhere, now reduced to dancing with a third-rate touring show, finds herself stranded in a small town where she's courted by an infatuated and naive local teenager.

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