My Body Hungers (1967)

Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph W. Sarno

Writer:

Joseph W. Sarno

Stars:

Gretchen Rudolph, John Aristedes, Tammy Latour

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gretchen Rudolph	...	Marcia Teel
John Aristedes	...	Det. Rod Loring (as John Aristides)
Tammy Latour	...	Joan Reynolds
Tony King	...	George Harvey (as Anthony King)
Bella Donna	...	Mavis Harvey (as Liz Love)
Joe Santos	...	Truck Driver
Rose Marie Stadler	...	Olga
Carolyn Fawcett	...	Oomphette
Lola Adams	...	Oomphette
Joy Durden	...	Pianist / Geri
George Winship	...	Det. Pete Forsythe
Bob Franklin	...	Newscaster
Geraldine Baron	...	Janet Teel
Pat Powers	...	Hal Parker / Master of Ceremonies
Diane Moss	...	Waitress

Storyline

Marcia, a sexy bucolic orphan, hitch-hikes to the city to meet up with her sister, who has promised her a job at the roadhouse where she works as a hostess. She has no qualms about sleeping with her driver in order to be safeguarded to her destination. Once she arrives, she discovers that her sister has recently been violently murdered -- in a stangulation by garter belt. Marcia takes her sister's job in order to go undercover in finding the murderer. She thus imperils her own life while making discoveries about her sister's former lifestyle and the seamy antics of the local civic leaders.

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Plot Keywords:

strangulation | murder | woman strangles woman | female nudity | woman strangled to death | 

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Taglines:

A Lace Garterbelt Becomes An Instrument For Murder!

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Body Cries

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amalfi Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film was shot c. 1965 and not released until c. 1967.

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Connections

Referenced in Playboy: The Story of X (1998)

User Reviews

Eccentric Sarno murder mystery

Joe Sarno does a who-dunnit -- the mind boggles! Well maybe not so much, since his normal tactic as a screenwriter is to gradually reveal hidden relationships and cruel intentions through discrete dialog scenes and bedroom liaisons. Here given slightly more resources than usual, Sarno probably decided to try something new -- certainly the mise-en-scene is much richer than in his more minimally budgeted pictures. Every once in a while, his usual melodramatic pattern is unexpectedly jarred by splashings of film noirish devices, such as a point-of-view shot of the murderer spying on the protagonist from a darkened alcove. Unfortunately, like Robert Altman, Sarno doesn't really know how to cut for action, and as a murder-mystery, the show is less than successful. His take on the hypocrisy of bourgeois society and the crude world of sexual politics, however, is as riveting as ever, while the nudie scenes are intentionally crass and artless.