The Lickerish Quartet


1h 30m 1970

Brief Synopsis

A wealthy, bored couple meet the star of a stag film and project themselves into the film's sexual encounters.

Film Details

Also Known As
Hide and Seek
MPAA Rating
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 13 Oct 1970
Production Company
Cinemar Productions; Peter Carsten Productions; Radley Metzger
Distribution Company
Audubon Films, Inc.
Country
United States
Location
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy; Castle of Balsorano, Sora, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

A rich, bored couple spend an evening watching a stag movie at their Italian castle while their adolescent son, who experienced a vision of St. Margaret at the age of 3, views the scene with distaste. One night in a wall-of-death motorcycle act at a local carnival, the family encounters a woman who they believe to be the star of one of the stag films. Anxious to ascertain if they are correct, they invite the woman home, in order to watch her reactions to the films. Illusion and reality intermingle as the action on screen unfolds; and the members of the family recall past sexual traumas and project themselves into the filmed sexual encounters. The woman frees the family from their sexual problems by having sex first with the man, whose wife had believed him to be impotent; then with the couple's son; and finally with the wife.

Film Details

Also Known As
Hide and Seek
MPAA Rating
Release Date
Jan 1970
Premiere Information
New York opening: 13 Oct 1970
Production Company
Cinemar Productions; Peter Carsten Productions; Radley Metzger
Distribution Company
Audubon Films, Inc.
Country
United States
Location
Cinecitta Studios, Rome, Italy; Castle of Balsorano, Sora, Italy

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Filmed at the Castle of Balsorano near Sora, Italy, and at Cinecitta studios in Rome. Pre-release title: Hide and Seek.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall October 1970

Released in United States Fall October 1970