Call Him Jess (2000)
Llámale Jess (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Jesus Franco	...	Himself (as Jess Franco)
	Lina Romay	...	Herself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Fernando Bilbao	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Ray Danton	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Dorit Dom	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Teresa Gimpera	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Valentina Godoy	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Adrian Hoven	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Klaus Kinski	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Christopher Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Antonio Mayans	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Mercedes McCambridge	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Soledad Miranda	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Elisa Montés	...	Herself (archive footage)
	Rosalba Neri	...	Herself (archive footage)

Storyline

Jesus (or Jess) Franco is one of the great names in B movies. With a number of pseudonyms (Clifford Brown, David Khunne, etc...) and a filmography including over 170 titles, it is extremely difficult to catalogue and categorize his work, despite the existence of many retrospectives and studies in both Europe and the United States. Jess began his career as an assistant director, the high point of which was working with Orson Welles whom he admired greatly. Jess himself became well known in 1961 with The Awful Doctor Orloff, a horror film which instantly became a classic. Working with Jess on the same project was Howard Vernon, an actor whose name was synonymous with Eurocine (the production company at the time most closely associated with genre cinema) and who later became one of Jess Franco's key actors. From that moment his international career took off, his credits include The Diabolical Dr Z... Written by Anonymous  

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