Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

March. 03,2008 PG

Rating：

7.4

Genre：

History Documentary

Keywords：

Pre-code Film Making Hollywood

Trailer Synopsis Cast

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

Valerie Spencer as Self - Narrator (voice)

John Landis as Self

Rudy Behlmer as Self

Jerry Beck as Self

Camille Paglia as Self

Hugh Hefner as Self

Jack Valenti as Self

Molly Haskell as Self

Leonard Maltin as Self

Tony Maietta as Self

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