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Tales of Ordinary Madness 1981

★ 6.0/10 Drama Released

Directed by Marco Ferreri

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Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.

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Cast

Ben Gazzara Charles Serking
Ornella Muti Cass
Susan Tyrrell Vera
Tanya Lopert Vicky
Roy Brocksmith Barman
Katya Berger Girl on Beach
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Hope Cameron Hotel Proprietor
Judith Drake Widow
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Patrick Hughes Pimp
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Wendy Welles Runaway
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Stratton Leopold Publisher
Tobin Bell Bar Patron (uncredited)