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Polyester

It’s Scentsational!

1981 · R · 1h 26m

Directed by John Waters

7.0

TMDB audience score
197 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.

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Cast

  • Divine
    Francine Fishpaw

  • Tab Hunter
    Todd Tomorrow

  • Edith Massey
    Cuddles Kovinsky

  • David Samson
    Elmer Fishpaw

  • Mary Garlington
    Lu-Lu Fishpaw

  • Ken King
    Dexter Fishpaw

  • Mink Stole
    Sandra Sullivan

  • Hans Kramm
    Heintz

  • Stiv Bators
    Bo-Bo Belsinger

  • Rick Breitenfeld
    Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw

  • Michael Watson
    Freddy Ashton

  • Derek Neal
    Pimp

  • Jean Hill
    Gospel Bus Hijacker

  • Jim Hill
    Picket Reporter

  • John Brothers
    TV News Announcer

  • Mary Vivian Pearce
    Nun A

  • Sharon Niesp
    Nun B

  • Cookie Mueller
    Betty Lalinski