Young Lady Chatterley

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Young Lady Chatterley
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Directed by Alan Roberts
Written bySteven Michaels
Based on Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
Starring Harlee McBride
Peter Ratray
Lawrence Montaigne
Music by Don Bagley
Production
company
Young L. C.
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Young Lady Chatterley is an American 1977 softcore pornographic film directed by Alan Roberts and starring Harlee McBride, Peter Ratray, and Lawrence Montaigne. [1] The film was followed by a sequel in 1985, Young Lady Chatterley II . [1]

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Premise

Cynthia Chatterley, the niece of Lady Chatterley, inherits her estate. There, she finds her diary and learns that she had an affair with her gardener. Inspired by this revelation, the betrothed Cynthia decides to have affair with her own gardener.

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References

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