Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...Two detectives are drawn into the world of porn, while investigating murders of centrefolds...
Michael Gradwell
- Terry Day
- (as Michael-John Gradwell/Michael Gradwell)
Ronald Flanagan
- Wilson
- (as Ron Flanagan)
John M. East
- Mediaman
- (as John East)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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THE PLAYBIRDS is another late '70s sexploitation effort from Britain, but like most of the others it really isn't much cop. Mary Millington appears as a female police officer who agrees to help some detectives in their hunt for a serial killer, but there are so many characters here she just sort of gets lost in the masses. Familiar faces pop up the cast but don't get very much to do, although it's amusing to see TV presenter Gavin Campbell as the lead. The mystery aspects are very poorly handled and the closing reveal is as uninteresting as they come. Expect wall to wall nudity, as per usual by genre standards, and a particularly angry Alan Lake performance.
- Leofwine_draca
- Feb 20, 2023
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- TriviaAfter being hurled into the swimming pool near the end of the movie by Alan Lake, Diane Foster was taken to hospital, having hit the bottom of the shallow end. The cast seen diving in were attempting a genuine rescue and was not scripted. The ambulance arriving when the scene cut to outside the house was real and was left in the movie. This was documented in a News of the World feature later.
- GoofsDuring Lucy Sheridan's striptease sequence, her knickers change from black to white to black again.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mary Millington's True Blue Confessions (1980)
- SoundtracksTitle song
Playbirds"
by Johnny Worth (as John Worth) & David Whitaker
Sung by Johnny Worth (as John Worth)
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- Also known as
- David Sullivan's The Playbirds
- Filming locations
- Ruffetts Way, Burgh Heath, Banstead, Surrey, England, UK(Lucy's house)
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