2.7 Score

1984 • 1h 36min • R • Horror, Thriller, Crime

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"From his French maid, he got Private Lessons. Now his English professor is giving him a REAL education."

A married college professor decides to seduce her student, whom she hired as a handyman for her yacht. The hesitant student succumbs to his buxom professor, but their romance is interrupted by her corrupt husband and a masked murderer.

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Howard Avedis

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Howard Avedis

Marlene Schmidt

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Sybil Danning

Diane Stevens

Eric Brown

Jay Richard

Andrew Prine

Michael Stevens

Paul Clemens

Martin 'Bird' Johnson

K.T. Stevens

Lillian Stevens

Gene Bicknell

George Johnson

Curt Ayers

The Bartender

Dominick Brascia

Glen

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Sybil Danning Diane Stevens

Eric Brown Jay Richard

Andrew Prine Michael Stevens

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Curt Ayers The Bartender

Dominick Brascia Glen

Bill Conklin Preacher

Terese Hanses Pub Singer

Greg Kaye Dale

Suzanne Kennedy Janice

Violet Manes Jenny

Alvy Moore Jimbo

Beth Scheffell Cynthia

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