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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Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969)
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Cecilia (1983)
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Eugenie (1970)
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Women in Cellblock 9 (1978)
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Sadomania (1981)
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Eugenie de Sade (1973)
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Call of the Blonde Goddess (1977)
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Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
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White Cannibal Queen (1980)
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Sexy Sisters (1977)
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Devil Hunter (1980)
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Erotic Symphony (1980)
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Oro español (1959)
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Greta, the Mad Butcher (1977)
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The Story of Linda (1981)
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Count Dracula (1970)
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Downtown Heat (1994)
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99 Women (1969)
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Female Vampire (1975)
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Celestine (1974)
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Blue Rita (1977)
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Barbed Wire Dolls (1976)
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Countess Perverse (1975)
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Sex Is Crazy (1981)
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Lorna, the Exorcist (1974)
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Blind Target (2000)
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Red Silk (1999)
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Macumba Sexual (1983)
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En busca del dragón dorado (1983)
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The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
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Pick-Up Girls (1981)
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Fury in the Tropics (1986)
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Trapped Women (1987)
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Dolls for Sale (1973)
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The Ticklish Ones (1975)
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Golden Temple Amazons (1986)
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Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
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Midnight Party (1976)
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Kiss Me Monster (1969)
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Las playas vacías (1959)
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Burning Up Inside (1979)
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Broken Dolls (1999)
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The Girl from Rio (1969)
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The Bloody Judge (1970)
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Bloody Moon (1981)
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
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Cries of Pleasure (1983)
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Love Camp (1977)
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Incubus (2002)
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun (1977)
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The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
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Angel of Death (1985)
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Jack the Ripper (1976)
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Jailhouse Wardress (1981)
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The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle (1982)
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The Sexual Story of O (1984)
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Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja (1960)
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Nightmares Come at Night (1973)
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Faceless (1988)
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She Killed in Ecstasy (1971)
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Thong Girls (1987)
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Kiss Me Killer (1977)
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Venus in Furs (1969)
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Succubus (1968)
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Vampiresas 1930 (1962)
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Diamonds of Kilimandjaro (1983)
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Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
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The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (1973)
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Death Whistles the Blues (1964)
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The Girls of the Copacabana (1981)
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Downtown (1976)
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The Demons (1973)
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Mansion of the Living Dead (1982)
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Slaves (1977)
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Lascivia (2007)
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The Other Side of the Mirror (1973)
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Night of the Skull (1974)
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Red Lips (1960)
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Women Without Innocence (1978)
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Helter Skelter (2000)
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Two Undercover Angels (1969)
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The Hotel of Love Affairs (1983)
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Daughter of Dracula (1972)
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Oasis of the Zombies (1982)
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The Night Of Open Sex (1983)
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The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
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The Greedy Ones (1974)
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Paula-Paula (2010)
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Women Behind Bars (1975)
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Sexy Erotic Job (1975)
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The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse (1972)
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Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman (1981)
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Vampire Junction (2001)
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How to Seduce a Virgin (1974)
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Attack of the Robots (1966)
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Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle (1973)
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The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)
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Black Boots, Leather Whip (1983)
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Exorcism (1975)
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Esmeralda Bay (1989)
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Vampire Killer Barbys (1996)
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Lucky, the Inscrutable (1967)
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Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (1973)
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Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves (1972)
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The Lustful Amazons (1974)
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The Hot Nights of Linda (1975)
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The Devil Came from Akasava (1971)
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Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie (1980)
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The Sadist of Notre Dame (1979)
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The Corpse Packs His Bags (1972)
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Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002)
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Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil (1988)
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Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984)
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Voces de muerte (1983)
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Night of the Eagles (1989)
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Lonely Road (1984)
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X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
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Slave of Crime (1987)
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The House of Lost Women (1983)
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Lovers of Devil's Island (1973)
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The Sinister Doctor Orloff (1984)
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Juliette (—)
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Revenge in the House of Usher (1983)
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Virgin Report (1972)
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Convoy of Girls (1979)
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff (1973)
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Tender Flesh (1997)
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Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
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Lake of the Virgins (1982)
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Dr. Orloff's Monster (1965)
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Bangkok, City of the Dead (1985)
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The Troublemakers (1976)
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The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962)
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We Are 18 Years Old (1959)
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Bahia Blanca (1984)
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Residence for Spies (1968)
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Girl with the Red Lips (1986)
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Alone Against Terror (1986)
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A Man, Eight Girls (1968)
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Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998)
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Vampire Blues (1999)
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Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies (2013)
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Fifteen Year Old Captain (1973)
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Jungle of Fear (1993)
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX (1986)
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A Virgin for St. Tropez (1975)
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Silence of the Grave (1976)
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White Jungle Slave (1985)
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Dirty Game in Casablanca (1985)
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Snakewoman (2005)
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Jaguar (1963)
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Rififi in the City (1964)
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Queen of the Tabarin Club (1960)
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El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa (1992)
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Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included (1985)
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La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II (2012)
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Golden Jail (1976)
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El misterio del castillo rojo (—)
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In Pursuit of Barbara (1991)
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Blood on My Shoes (1983)
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Sexorcismes (1975)
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What a Honeymoon (1980)
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How Much Does a Spy Make? (1984)
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The Last from Philippines (1986)
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Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2013)
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La cripta de las condenadas (2012)
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Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong (1985)
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Montes de Venus (2006)
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A Bad Day at the Cemetery (2008)
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The Blues of Pop Street (1983)
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The Tree from Spain (1957)
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El destierro del Cid (1960)
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El huésped de la niebla (1982)
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Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999)
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Around the World in 80 Beds (1976)
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They Do Everything (1979)
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Girls in the Night Traffic (1976)
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Lulu's Talking Ass (1986)
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Lilian, the Perverted Virgin (1984)
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Doriana Grey (1977)
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Jess Franco's Perversion (2005)
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Fly Story (—)
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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist (1986)
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Jess Franco's Passion (2005)
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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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Cocktail spécial (1978)
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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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