The Seven Minutes (1971)
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Russ Meyer followed-up his delirious Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with this surprisingly straighforward drama, which offered little of Meyer's traditional tongue-in-cheek humor or remarkably proportioned women in favor of a serious message about the evils of censorship. A bookstore sells a… More Russ Meyer followed-up his delirious Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with this surprisingly straighforward drama, which offered little of Meyer's traditional tongue-in-cheek humor or remarkably proportioned women in favor of a serious message about the evils of censorship. A bookstore sells a copy of a notorious erotic novel, entitled The Seven Minutes, to a teenager who is later arrested for rape. A prosecutor on a crusade against pornography seizes upon this as an opportunity to have the book declared obscene, and the trial sparks a heated debate about the issue of pornography vs. free speech, as well as revealing a startling revelation about the novel's true author. Adapted from a novel by Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes featured one of Meyer's more interesting casts, including veteran character actors John Carradine and Alexander D'Arcy, a post-Munsters Yvonne de Carlo, a pre-Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck, lounge comic Jackie Gayle, and Wolfman Jack as himself. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Russ Meyer
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Jul 23, 1971 Wide
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Cast
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Wayne Maunder
as Mike Barrett
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Marianne McAndrew
as Maggie
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Philip Carey
as Elmo Duncan
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Edy Williams
as Faye
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Jay C. Flippen
as Luther Yerkes
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Lyle Bettger
as Frank Griffith
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Richard Angarola
as Father Sarfatti
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Bill Baldwin
as Commentator
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Judith Baldwin
as Fremont's Girl Friend
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Calvin Bartlett
as Olin Adams
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David Brian
as Cardinal
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John Carradine
as Sean O'Flanagan
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Barry Coe
as Court Bailiff
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Regis J. Cordic
as Louis Polk
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Alex D'Arcy
as Christian Leroux
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Yvonne De Carlo
as Constance Cumberland
- George de Normand
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Shawn Devereaux
as Yerkes' Girl friend
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Charles Drake
as Sgt. Kellog
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Jackie Gayle
as Norman Quandt
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John Gruber
as Dr. Quigley
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Lynn Hamilton
as Avis
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Robin Hughes
as Ashcroft
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Jim Iglehart
as Clay Rutherford
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Wolfman Jack
as Himself
- Kate Jackson
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Ken Jones
as Charles Wynter
- Marthe Keller
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Berry Kroeger
as Paul Van Fleet
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Stuart Lancaster
as Dr. Roger Trimble
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Lillian Lehman
as Librarian
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Charles Napier
as Officer Iverson
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Kay Peters
as Olivia St. Clair
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Ron Randell
as Merle Reid
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Henry Rowland
as Yerkes' Butler
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Jeffrey Sayre
as Juror
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Tom Selleck
as Phil Sanford
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Jan Shutan
as Anna Lou White
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Olan Soule
as Harvey Underwood
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Harold J. Stone
as Judge
- Vince Williams
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Stanley Adams
as Irwin Blair
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Bill Durkin
as George Perkins
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Paul Stader
as Thug
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Patrick Wright
as 1st Detective
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James Bacon
as Reporter
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Yvonne D'Angers
as Sheri Moore
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Robert Moloney
as Ben Fremont
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John Sarno
as Jerry Griffith
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John Lawrence
as Howard Moore