Name: File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
Genre: Drama
Released: 1967-12-13
Duration: 1 h 11 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Michael Alaimo, Darlene Bennett, Dawn Bennett

Underwhelming fake-documentary w/NYC talent pool

For C. Davis Smith fans, I recommend his exceptional MOS offering ALL MY MEN. The fake-documentary FILE X FOR SEX is a routine and often boring soft porn effort where he rounded up the usual NYC suspects and puts them through their paces for boring results.

Film is nearly all MOS with dull narration and a tiny bit of dubbing. During one sequence about a nymphomaniac, the narrator describes a series of lurid group-sex encounters for Gigi Marlene, but on screen Davis plods along only with a single, unappealing segment of her with a chubby guy. It's irritating and a cheat for the paying audience back when.

Covering all sorts of "deviant" behavior including an opening sequence that declares the "satyr is frigid" (!), film's best segment is about a businessman Harold who is addicted to massage, for which an ultra-busty Yolanda Signorelli oils him up and gets herself topless. I'm sure this footage justified bookings of FILE X.

Final sequence is way overlong, dealing with a couple who collect and sell porno films -hence we're into "self-revealing" territory, but Smith does not deliver the expected insight into his own status as a pornographer. Instead they watch a stag film that's something of a tribute to Smith's main employer, Doris Wishman, as Michael Lawrence dallies with twin sisters, played by the Bennetts. The Bennetts fondle each other and essentially commit the softcore version of incest, yet our helpful narrator never refers to incest at all among the "deviant" acts compiled here for our perusal. Even lesbianism, which the Bennetts simultaneously cover, is not mentioned.

Not surprisingly, the most timid sequence deals with male homosexuality, in fairly insulting terms depicting a young guy selling himself for $20 a pop in the Times Square area to raise money to feed his narcotics addiction. Nothing happens, so fans attending in search of female nudity were not offended.

The drama genre is a broad category that features stories portraying human experiences, emotions, conflicts, and relationships in a realistic and emotionally impactful way. Dramas delve into the complexities of human life, often exploring themes of love, loss, morality, societal issues, personal growth, with the aim to evoke an emotional response from the audience by presenting relatable and thought-provoking stories.

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