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Title: Mondo Trasho (1969)
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A day in the lives of a hit-and-run driver and her victim, and the bizarre things that happen to them before and after they collide (sexual assault by a crazed foot-fetishist, visions of the Virgin Mary, strange chicken-foot grafting operations). Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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At Last... A "Gutter Film"Genres:
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14 March 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
John Waters' Mondo Trasho See more »Filming Locations:
Johns Hopkins University - 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland, USA See more »Edit
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