Polyester

May. 29,1981      R
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.

Divine as  Francine Fishpaw
Tab Hunter as  Todd Tomorrow
Edith Massey as  Cuddles Kovinsky
Mary Garlington as  Lu-Lu Fishpaw
Ken King as  Dexter Fishpaw
Mink Stole as  Sandra Sullivan
Stiv Bators as  Bo-Bo Belsinger
Michael Watson as  Freddy Ashton
Mary Vivian Pearce as  Nun A
Cookie Mueller as  Betty Lalinski

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