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Nude in Charcoal is a 1961 feature film written and co-directed by Joseph W. Sarno.

It was the first feature film written and co-directed[ citation needed ] by one of America's most prolific sexploitation directors, who was the subject of the internationally distributed documentary The Sarnos: A Life in Dirty Movies. [1]

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References

  1. Wiktor Ericsson (director) (2013). A Life in Dirty Movies (Motion picture). Anagram Produktion. Retrieved 16 January 2016.