Allen Garfield, Chuck Pfeiffer, David Kirk

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R, 1 hr. 27 min.

Directed by: John G. Avildsen

Release Date: August 17, 1971

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DVD Release Date: January 8, 1999

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  • August 28, 2009
    Fans of Rocky and The Karate Kid probably don't know this, but the Oscar-winning director responsible for both mainstream cocklewarmers was making some very weird sh*t in the early 70s. Before coming down with a terminal case of Good Taste, Avildsen had cranked out the superior s...( read more)ex comedy Guess What We Learned In School Today? (1969) and the classic Summer of Hate film Joe (1970), starring Peter Boyle as a blue collar hippie-killer, and Cry Uncle, a totally whacked-out and very black private-eye spoof marketed as a sex film since you couldn't do much else with its then porno-only X rating. Tubby Jewish comedian Allen Garfield (you'll recognize the face, guaranteed)plays the "Super Dick' hired by a millionaire suspect in a murder case. The investigation soon becomes a trail of dead bodies, including one Garfield has sex with, thinking she's a comatose junkie! Troma president Lloyd Kaufman was production assistant, as with all early Avildsen films from Joe onwards, and plays the bearded hippie on LSD in a motel room. A bad taste masterpiece, Troma later distributed the film, displaying a rare flash of good taste on their part!
  • July 16, 2009
    An X-rated film by the ROCKY director! Whaaat! Once you get past that, it's an amazing, liberating comedy sleazefest. Allen Garfield gives the performance of a lifetime, brilliant in a role that few actors would touch. A "B" movie but a great one.
  • November 28, 2007
    Not as funny as the trailer made it seem. Curse you Troma! "Bull-twat"!
  • January 21, 2007
    wanna see it i cant wAIT LOL !!!

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