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Jackson Beck | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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Pamela Gruen | ... | Renee |
| Allen Garfield | ... | Jake Masters | |
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Devin Goldenberg | ... | Keith |
| Marcia Jean Kurtz | ... | Russian Girl | |
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Chuck Pfeiffer | ... | Texan |
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Reuben Schafer | ... | Russian |
| Paul Sorvino | ... | Coughing Cop | |
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Ray Barron | ... | Bald Cop |
| Madeleine Le Roux | ... | Cora Merrill | |
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David Kirk | ... | Jason Dominic |
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Sean Walsh | ... | Gene Sprigg |
| Debbi Morgan | ... | Olga Winter (as Deborah Morgan) | |
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Maureen Byrnes | ... | Lena Right |
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Nancy Salmon | ... | Connie Landfield |
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Private detective takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
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17 August 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Words and Music by Harper MacKay and Moose Charlap
Performed by Sandy Stewart
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Alternate Versions
Two different versions of this film were released in Australia. The uncut version was rated 'X', and an edited version, generally available in local video stores, was rated 'R'. See more »Soundtracks
Cry Uncle (Come With Me)Words and Music by Harper MacKay and Moose Charlap
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A rotund private dick is hired to find a killer, and has to get naked in the process.
I can't figure out if the movie amounts to serial copulation with whodunit overtones or a whodunit with serial copulation appeal. One way or the other, a naked Allan Garfield did keep my popcorn untouched. Actually, the 90-minutes is so smoothly directed and the girls so fetching that I did stay glued. Also, catch the symbolically placed donut and banana in the opening slow pan. I guess that tells you what's coming up. As I recall, the movie was much ballyhooed at the time. After all, what could only be hinted at before 1969 now became permissible, thanks mainly to the counter-culture's clash with censorship. Also, the Swedish ground-breaker I Am Curious (Yellow), (1969)-- the first commercial film to show copulation on screen-- drew lines around the block when I saw it. Now Hollywood, even Troma, could cash in on the novelty.
The movie itself may look like an oddity after 40-years. Certainly, the sex scenes take up as much time as the narrative. Still, the production is smoothly done, with about the right amount of tongue in cheek, Garfield included. And I like Madeleine LaRoux (!) who has a different movie look, sort of like an elongated Goldie Hawn. But a screen name like that suggests plans for a big porn career, which I don't think happened. All in all, guys could do a lot worse than Uncle, plus you don't have to feel inferior to the stud (Garfield). And, oh yeah, let the girl viewers figure out the plot.