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Screenplay by | John A. Russo |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Booby Hatch (a.k.a. The Liberation Of Cherry Jankowski [1] ) is a 1976 American sex comedy film written and co-directed by John A. Russo. [1] The film's co-directors both worked on Night of the Living Dead and the film features a cameo by David Emge who appeared in Dawn of the Dead . [2]
The film was released on DVD by Synapse Films [1] in 2009. [3]
Slant Magazine gave the film one and a half stars and criticized the "ineptitude" of the filmmaking. [4]
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