Private Parts (1972 film)

Private Parts
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Bartel
Written by	Philip Kearney Les Rendelstein
Produced by	Gene Corman
Starring	Ayn Ruymen Lucille Benson John Ventantonio
Cinematography	Andrew Davis
Edited by	Martin Tubor
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Production company	Penelope Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Premier Pictures
Release date	September 8, 1972 (1972-09-08)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Private Parts is a 1972 psychological thriller film with some elements of horror and comedy, directed by Paul Bartel as his feature film debut. The film stars Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, and John Ventantonio.

Plot

When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt's skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. The lodgers are strange, Aunt Martha is a moralizer obsessed with funerals, murder is afoot, and the inexperienced and trusting Cheryl may be the next victim. She wants to be treated like a woman, and she's drawn to George, a handsome photographer who longs for human contact but sleeps with a water-inflated doll and spies on Cheryl as she bathes. Jeff, a neighborhood clerk, may be Cheryl's only ally in what she doesn't realize is a perilous residence haunted by family secrets. And, what happened to Alice, a model who used to have Cheryl's room?

Cast

• Ayn Ruymen as Cheryl Stratton
• Lucille Benson as Aunt Martha
• John Ventantonio as George
• Laurie Main as Reverend Moon
• Stanley Livingston as Jeff
• Charles Woolf as Jeff's father
• Ann Gibbs as Judy
• Len Travis as Mike
• Dorothy Neumann as Mrs. Quigley
• Gene Simms as First Policeman
• John Lupton as Second Policeman
• Patrick Strong as Artie

See also

• List of American films of 1972

External links

• Private Parts at IMDb
• Private Parts at AllMovie
• John Landis on Private Parts at Trailers From Hell