Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
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Mary Millington | ... | Lucy |
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Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
Plot Keywords:
dead woman in a bathtub | murder of a nude woman | murder | female rear nudity | topless female nudity |Taglines:
A murder thriller with thrilling bodies! See more »Genres:
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1978 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
The Playbird Murders See more »Company Credits
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Playbirds"
by Johnny Worth (as John Worth) & David Whitaker
Sung by Johnny Worth (as John Worth)
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During filming, Alan Lake shocked his co-stars by punching an extra following Lake's inability to get his own line right. See more »Goofs
During Lucy Sheridan's striptease sequence, her knickers change from black to white to black again. See more »Soundtracks
Title songPlaybirds"
by Johnny Worth (as John Worth) & David Whitaker
Sung by Johnny Worth (as John Worth)
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I really think this film has really taken a bum rap. It's sad to think, two of the main actors actually committed suicide, one shortly after this. I loved the saucy and cheeky nudity, full frontage, in a film that barely ceased to exist as a Roadshow title. As a thriller it really works. Some nutter is murdering sexy bare bodied girls who feature in the nudie magazine, Playgirl, where each month brings a cover girl victim, so it's not long before authorities figure the pattern, only this psycho is really clever, his method of kill- inflicting strangulation, bringing among suspects, one, a young photographer, with a bit of a dirty S and M record who does nudie sessions with models, one involving a rocking horse, you will never forget. So they send in a undercover cop posing as a budding model, where now things get quite risky. There are some terrifying edge of seat moments, if watching on a first view. I really like how Londoners make these B grades, whether psychological and sexual thrillers, or just saucy sex films, and The Playgirl Murders is quite tightly plotted. How's this? The chief detective who him and his partner work the murders, loves to have a bit of a gamble, where too another suspect, likes betting the horses too. This chief detective who used to play Frank Spencer's warring neighbor in Some Mother's Do Ave Em' would rather do this, than work a murder scene. The undercover cop audition was funny and sexy, and TPM really has it's moments. I really like this film a lot. Pity no one really agrees with me on this one. Jazzy soundtrack.