Polyester (1981)

R05/29/1981Comedy, Drama1h 26m
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It’s Scentsational!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Divine

    Francine Fishpaw

  2. Cast 1

    Tab Hunter

    Todd Tomorrow

  3. Cast 1

    Edith Massey

    Cuddles Kovinsky

  4. David Samson

    Elmer Fishpaw

  5. Cast 1

    Mary Garlington

    Lu-Lu Fishpaw

  6. Cast 1

    Ken King

    Dexter Fishpaw

  7. Cast 1

    Mink Stole

    Sandra Sullivan

  8. Joni Ruth White

    La Rue

  9. Hans Kramm

    Heintz

Remember the sensation that was "Smellyvision"? Well armed with a card which had ten different smells concealed under some silver foil spots, we set off to watch the escapades of the "Fishpaw" family. Divine is on good form as "Francine", the much put upon wife of serial womaniser "Elmer" (David Sampson) and mother to "Lulu" (Mary Garlington) and her wayward brother "Dexter" (Ken King). Her well-to-do suburban life all starts to come crashing down when her husband's soft-porn cinema attracts some local attention - of the wrong sort; the daughter manages to become pregnant with the help of a lo...