Polly Perverse Strikes Again!

Polly Perverse Strikes Again!

A Love Story with Sociopathic Tendencies

1986 · 98 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Drama

Out of Nick Huxley's past comes Theresa, a social disease who sleeps with anything that moves and who has decided that she wants Nick back. Nick, a successful photographer with a stable relationship, is determined to banish Theresa and youthful folly from his life. But neither Nick's girlfriend Arliss, a modern spirit who believes in driving buried emotions out in the open, nor Theresa, who seems to have an unseen power on her side, are willing to let it go at that...

Directed by Dan Sallitt · Written by Dan Sallitt

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Strawn Bovee Arliss Evelyn Ridgway
S.A. Griffin Nick Huxley
Dawn Wildsmith Theresa

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