Movie
Polyester
Overview
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-05-29
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema, Dreamland, Michael White Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Divine as Francine Fishpaw
- Tab Hunter as Todd Tomorrow
- Edith Massey as Cuddles Kovinsky
- David Samson as Elmer Fishpaw
- Mary Garlington as Lu-Lu Fishpaw
- Ken King as Dexter Fishpaw
- Mink Stole as Sandra Sullivan
- Joni Ruth White as La Rue
- Hans Kramm as Heintz
- Stiv Bators as Bo-Bo Belsinger
- Rick Breitenfeld as Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw
- Michael Watson as Freddy Ashton
Crew
- John Waters - Director
- John Waters - Writer
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