The Seven Minutes (1971)
- Starring:
- Wayne Maunder, Marianne McAndrew, (more)
- Director(s):
- Russ Meyer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Russ Meyer followed-up his delirious Beyond the Valley of the Dolls with this surprisingly straighforward drama, which offered little of Meyer's traditional tongue-in-cheek humor or remarkably proportioned women in favor of a serious message about the evils of censorship. A bookstore sells a copy of a notorious erotic novel, entitled The Seven Minutes, to a teenager who is later arrested for rape. A prosecutor on a crusade against pornography seizes upon this as an opportunity to have the book declared obscene, and the trial sparks a heated debate about the issue of pornography vs. free speech, as well as revealing a startling revelation about the novel's true author. Adapted from a novel by Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes featured one of Meyer's more interesting casts, including veteran character actors John Carradine and Alexander D'Arcy, a post-Munsters Yvonne de Carlo, a pre-Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck, lounge comic Jackie Gayle, and Wolfman Jack as himself. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Wayne Maunder - Mike Barrett
- Philip Carey - Elmo Duncan
- Jay C. Flippen - Luther Yerkes
- Robert Moloney - Ben Fremont
- Regis J. Cordic - Louis Polk
- Lynn Hamilton - Avis
- Jackie Gayle - Norman Quandt
- Shawn Devereaux - Yerkes' Girl friend
- Yvonne De Carlo - Constance Cumberland
- Harold J. Stone - Judge
- Jan Shutan - Anna Lou White
- Jeffrey Sayre - Juror
- Ron Randell - Merle Reid
- Charles Napier - Officer Iverson
- Yvonne D'Angers - Sheri Moore
- Patrick Wright - 1st Detective
- Bill Durkin - George Perkins
- Vince Williams
- Stuart Lancaster - Dr. Roger Trimble
- Marthe Keller
- Kate Jackson
- Jim Iglehart - Clay Rutherford
- David Brian - Cardinal
- Richard Angarola - Father Sarfatti
- Judith Baldwin - Fremont's Girl Friend
- Marianne McAndrew - Maggie
- Edy Williams - Faye
- Lyle Bettger - Frank Griffith
- John Carradine - Sean O'Flanagan
- Robin Hughes - Ashcroft
- John Gruber - Dr. Quigley
- Charles Drake - Sgt. Kellog
- George de Normand
- Alex D'Arcy - Christian Leroux
- Olan Soule - Harvey Underwood
- Tom Selleck - Phil Sanford
- Henry Rowland - Yerkes' Butler
- Kay Peters - Olivia St. Clair
- John Lawrence - Howard Moore
- James Bacon - Reporter
- Paul Stader - Thug
- Stanley Adams - Irwin Blair
- Lillian Lehman - Librarian
- Berry Kroeger - Paul Van Fleet
- Ken Jones - Charles Wynter
- Wolfman Jack - Himself
- Barry Coe - Court Bailiff
- John Sarno - Jerry Griffith
- Bill Baldwin - Commentator
- Calvin Bartlett - Olin Adams
- Director(s):
- Russ Meyer
- Writer(s):
- Richard Warren Lewis
- Producer(s):
- Russ Meyer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children)
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