Move

Jul 31, 1970

1h 30m

★ 4.6

It's kinky.

Overview

A young playwright who writes porno novels to overcome a writer's block, lives the fantasies of one of his books, while trying to move with his wife from one apartment into a larger one.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Hiram Jaffe

Elliott Gould

Dolly

Paula Prentiss

Girl

Geneviève Waïte

Mounted Patrolman

John Larch

Oscar

Joe Silver

Dr. Picker

Graham Jarvis

Miss Landry

Amy Thomson

Peter

Ron O'Neal

Andrea

Garrie Bean

Doorman

David Burns

Keith

Richard Bull

Prescott

Richard Benedict

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7.1

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7.1

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6.6

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6.3

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