Drama Cult Classic

Behind the camera, a photo shop serves up more than snapshots in this 1973 softcore drama.

PLEASURE PALACE

Model Agency, or Halfway House for Peeping Toms?

1973 · 1h 31m · R · Drama · IMDB TMDB

Love develops between a young woman employee and a customer at a very unusual photo shop, which invites men in to take pictures of naked women. When the store owner tries to use his photo shop to blackmail the young lovers, their united front thwarts him.

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What is Pleasure Palace about?

Pleasure Palace is a 1973 drama film directed by Ed Hunt about a young woman and a customer who fall in love at an unusual photo shop, where the owner tries to blackmail them.

Programmer's Pick

Pleasure Palace trades in both voyeuristic thrills and emotional stakes, wrapping its sexploitation premise around a genuinely precarious romance. Ed Hunt’s direction keeps the photo shop setting feeling both dangerous and oddly intimate—where every snapshot comes with a price.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

Set against the backdrop of a provocative photo shop, Pleasure Palace follows the budding romance between a young female employee and one of the shop's customers. Far from your average portrait studio, this establishment invites men to take suggestive photographs of nude women—a business model that draws in an eclectic clientele and creates an atmosphere thick with flirtation and risk. As the attraction between the two leads intensifies, the store owner’s schemes threaten to upend their connection, forcing the lovers to navigate a world of voyeurism, exploitation, and coercion. The film offers a peek into the seedy underbelly of 1970s sexploitation, blending eroticism with an undercurrent of drama and danger.

Details & Specs

Director: Ed Hunt
Writer: Ed Hunt
Release: 1973
Runtime: 1h 31m
Language: English
Genres: Drama
Also Known As: Corrupted, Original title: Pleasure Palace

Cast & Crew

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Director: Ed Hunt Writer: Ed Hunt

JD Janice Duval Angela NF Nicky Fylan Derek TC Tom Celli George Scott

Art Roberts Jerry LL Leta Lovespring Susan SG Susan Garret Cindy BC Bree Cole Nurse VG Vicky Gavereau Wife ML Michael Lambert Joe LS Lawrence Seligman Reporter GD Gay Dawn Stripper 1 L Lolita Stripper 2 FM Fraser McAninch Private Eye

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