Jesús Franco
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Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.
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White Cannibal Queen (1980)
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Cecilia (1983)
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Midnight Party (1976)
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Eugenie (1970)
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Devil Hunter (1980)
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Call of the Blonde Goddess (1977)
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Eugenie de Sade (1973)
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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
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The Story of Linda (1981)
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Female Vampire (1975)
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Sexy Sisters (1977)
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Celestine (1974)
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Thong Girls (1987)
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Countess Perverse (1975)
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Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
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Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
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Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
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The Bloody Judge (1970)
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Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
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Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
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Erotic Symphony (1980)
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Cries of Pleasure (1983)
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99 Women (1969)
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Bahia Blanca (1984)
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The Girl from Rio (1969)
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Sadomania (1981)
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The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
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Faceless (1988)
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Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
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Succubus (1968)
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
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Count Dracula (1970)
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Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
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Tender Flesh (1997)
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The Sinister Doctor Orloff (1984)
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Angel of Death (1985)
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Bloody Moon (1981)
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The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
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Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (1973)
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The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
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Death Whistles the Blues (1964)
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She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
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Downtown (1975)
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The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)
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The Ticklish Ones (1975)
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Venus in Furs (1969)
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Slaves (1977)
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Sex Charade (1972)
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Jack the Ripper (1976)
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Love Camp (1977)
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Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
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The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
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Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
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Pick-Up Girls (1981)
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Dr. Orloff's Monster (1965)
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The House of Lost Women (1983)
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The Demons (1973)
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Silence of the Grave (1976)
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The Sexual Story of O (1984)
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Sex Is Crazy (1981)
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Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)
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Vampiresas 1930 (1962)
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Blue Rita (1977)
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Fury in the Tropics (1986)
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Women Without Innocence (1978)
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Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
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We Are 18 Years Old (1959)
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How to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
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Downtown Heat (1994)
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The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
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Burning Up Inside (1979)
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
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The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
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Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie (1980)
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Daughter of Dracula (1972)
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Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
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The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle (1982)
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Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
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A Virgin for St. Tropez (1975)
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The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse (1972)
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Kiss Me Monster (1969)
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The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
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Kiss Me Killer (1977)
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The Lustful Amazons (1974)
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Fifteen Year Old Captain (1974)
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The Greedy Ones (1974)
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The Night Of Open Sex (1983)
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Lucky, the Inscrutable (1967)
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Sexy Erotic Job (1975)
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Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman (1981)
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The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
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Macumba Sexual (1983)
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Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves (1972)
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Esmeralda Bay (1989)
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Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973)
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Paula-Paula (2010)
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El lago de las vírgenes (1982)
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Night of the Eagles (1989)
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X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
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Nightmares Come at Night (1973)
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Incubus (2002)
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White Jungle Slave (1985)
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Blind Target (2000)
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Exorcism (1975)
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Queen of the Tabarin Club (1960)
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Broken Dolls (1999)
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Vampire Blues (1999)
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Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included (1985)
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Helter Skelter (2000)
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Red Lips (1960)
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The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979)
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Jaguar (1963)
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Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
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Women Behind Bars (1975)
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The Last from Philippines (1986)
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The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
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Dolls for Sale (1973)
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Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies (2013)
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Two Undercover Angels (1969)
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Virgin Report (1972)
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Black Boots, Leather Whip (1983)
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Red Silk (1999)
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Las playas vacías (1959)
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The Girls of the Copacabana (1981)
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Lovers of Devil's Island (1973)
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Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
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Slave of Crime (1987)
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Convoy of Girls (1979)
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Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
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La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II (2012)
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Oro español (1959)
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Dirty Game in Casablanca (1985)
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Vampire Killer Barbys (1996)
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The Hotel of Love Affairs (1983)
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The Troublemakers (1976)
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Night of the Skull (1974)
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Trapped Women (1987)
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Attack of the Robots (1966)
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Snakewoman (2005)
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Blood on My Shoes (1983)
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En busca del dragón dorado (1983)
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El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa (1992)
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How Much Does a Spy Make? (1984)
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El misterio del castillo rojo (—)
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX (1986)
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Golden Jail (1976)
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Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2013)
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Vampire Junction (2001)
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Sexorcismes (1975)
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The Blues of Pop Street (1983)
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Rififi in the City (1964)
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What a Honeymoon (1980)
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In Pursuit of Barbara (1991)
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Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
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Jungle of Fear (1993)
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Residence for Spies (1968)
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Juliette (—)
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Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
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Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong (1985)
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La cripta de las condenadas (2012)
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El destierro del Cid (1960)
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Alone Against Terror (1986)
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Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)
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The Tree from Spain (1957)
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Lonely Road (1984)
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El huésped de la niebla (1982)
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Girl with the Red Lips (1986)
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A Man, Eight Girls (1968)
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Montes de Venus (2006)
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Lascivia (2007)
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Voces de muerte (1983)
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Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985)
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Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja (1960)
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A Bad Day at the Cemetery (2008)
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Cocktail spécial (1978)
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Lulu's Talking Ass (1986)
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Lilian, the Perverted Virgin (1984)
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Doriana Grey (1976)
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They Do Everything (1979)
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Jess Franco's Perversion (2005)
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Fly Story (1986)
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Girls in the Night Traffic (1976)
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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist (1986)
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Jess Franco's Passion (2005)
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Around the World in 80 Beds (1977)
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White Skin Black Thighs (1976)
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Falo Crest (1987)
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Phollastía (1987)
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A Crack for Two (1984)
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Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist (1983)
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Shining Sex (1976)
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Entre pitos anda el juego (1986)
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Para las nenas, leche calentita (1986)
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Justine and the Whip (1979)
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Un pito para tres (1985)
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Claire (1983)
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Lola 2000 (1981)
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Las chuponas (1986)
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Rolls-Royce Baby (1975)
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Shining Sex (—)
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