Joseph W. Sarno
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Joseph W. Sarno (March 15, 1921 – April 26, 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the proto-pornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shot-on-video features for the '80s hardcore video market. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adult-oriented feature in 1961. Among his best-known films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Flesh and Lace, The Bed and How to Make It, and Moonlighting Wives (1966). Sarno's work of the sexploitation period is typified by stark chiaroscuro lighting, long takes and rigorous staging. He was also well known for scenarios centering around issues of psycho-sexual anxiety and sexual identity development. During his sexploitation period, Sarno worked with such actors as Uta Erickson, Dyanne Thorne (star of the Ilsa series), Audrey Campbell (Olga's House of Shame series), Michael Alaimo, Patricia McNair, Tod Moore, and his cousin, Joe Santos, who would become a regular on television's The Rockford Files. Beginning in 1968, Sarno's work became somewhat more explicit, predicting the emergence of soft-core. His breakthrough feature Inga (1968), was one of the first X-rated films released in the United States. Other noteworthy soft-core features include Vibrations (1968), Passion in Hot Hollows (1969), Daddy, Darling (1970), Young Playthings (1972), Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974) and Misty (1975). Sarno was also the director of Deep Throat Part 2 (1974), the R-rated sequel to the hardcore classic Deep Throat. After 1968, Sarno's soft-core work was divided between films produced in the United States and films produced in Europe, principally Sweden, Germany and Denmark. Many of Sarno's European features were made with American backing. In Europe, he was known for having worked with actresses Marie Liljedahl, Christina Lindberg, Helli Louise, and Marie Forså. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph W. Sarno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieSuburban Secrets
2004
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movieScrew the Right Thing
1990
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movieHung Jury
1989
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movieThe Red Head
1989
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movieHyperkink
1989
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movieThe Big Pink
1989
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movieSuzie Creamcheese
1988
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movieSex Starved
1988
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movieOn Fire
1988
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movieBall in the Family
1988
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movieRight Tool for the Job
1988
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movieThe Horneymooners
1988
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movieSacrilege
1988
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movieThe Flirt
1988
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movieThe Girls of the B.L.O.
1988
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movieDouble Agent
1987
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movieFresh
1987
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movieSexpionage
1987
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movieParty Doll
1987
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movieSexpot
1987
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movieFirebox
1986
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movieOversexed
1986
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movieBedroom Thighs
1986
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moviePorked!
1986
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movieBlow by Blow
1986
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movieShacking Up
1985
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movieTaste of Pink
1985
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movieTight Delight
1985
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movieHot Stuff
1984
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movieStray Cats
1984
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movieDirty Blonde
1984
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movieSilky
1981
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movieTigresses
1979
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movieCome Blow the Horn!
1978
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movieLove's Island
1977
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movieInside Jennifer Welles
1977
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movieThe Honey Cup
1976
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movieMisty
1976
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movieSlippery When Wet
1976
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movieButterfly
1975
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movieLaura's Toys
1975
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movieA Touch of Genie
1974
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movieBibi
1974
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movieDeep Throat Part II
1974
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movieThe Devil's Plaything
1973
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movieSleepy Head
1973
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movieSwedish Wildcats
1972
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movieYoung Playthings
1972
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movieSiv, Anne & Sven
1971
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movieDaddy, Darling
1970
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movieKarla
1969
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moviePassion in Hot Hollows
1969
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movieMarcy
1969
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movieThe Indelicate Balance
1969
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movieThe Layout
1969
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movieThe Wall of Flesh
1968
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movieThe Seduction of Inga
1968
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movieAll the Sins of Sodom
1968
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movieInga
1968
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movieOdd Triangle
1968
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movieVibrations
1968
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movieDesire Under The Palms
1968
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movieDeep Inside
1967
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movieThe Love Rebellion
1967
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movieMy Body Hungers
1967
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movieBed of Violence
1967
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movieAnything for Money
1967
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movieThe Sex Cycle
1967
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movieMoonlighting Wives
1966
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movieThe Naked Fog
1966
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movieRed Roses of Passion
1966
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movieSkin Deep in Love
1966
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movieFlesh and Lace
1965
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movieA-Peeling We Go-Go
1965
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movieSin in the Suburbs
1964
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movieSin You Sinners
1963
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movieNude in Charcoal
1961
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movieSacrilege
1988
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movieShacking Up
1985
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movieTigresses
1979
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movieLove's Island
1977
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movieThe Honey Cup
1976
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movieMisty
1976
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movieAbigail Leslie Is Back in Town
1975
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movieButterfly
1975
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movieLaura's Toys
1975
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movieBibi
1974
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movieDeep Throat Part II
1974
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movieSleepy Head
1973
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movieDaddy, Darling
1970
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movieKarla
1969
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movieMarcy
1969
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movieThe Layout
1969
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movieThe Wall of Flesh
1968
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movieInga
1968
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movieVibrations
1968
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movieDeep Inside
1967
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movieThe Love Rebellion
1967
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movieMy Body Hungers
1967
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movieBed of Violence
1967
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movieCome Ride the Wild Pink Horse
1967
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movieThe Sex Cycle
1967
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movieThe Swap and How They Make It
1966
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movieThe Naked Fog
1966
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movieRed Roses of Passion
1966
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movieFlesh and Lace
1965
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movieSin You Sinners
1963
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movieSacrilege
1988
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movieMisty
1976
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movieLaura's Toys
1975
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movieKarla
1969
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movieMarcy
1969
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