The Politicians (1970)
Politics Makes For Strange Bedfellows ...these are not the fellows.
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 7M
Director : Bob Augustus
Sinopse
Larry Channing is the Washington insider who pedals flesh as well as political influence. Sandra Dixon is his personal secretary who tends to his office and sexual needs. Larry personally interviews a bevy of vivacious vixens before passing them on to an Arab sheik, an influential Senator, and the board of directors to a major utility company. Former Playboy model Vickie Carbe joins Dixie Donovan, Heide Stohler, and Neola Graef as the females who are more powerful in the nation's capitol than any congressman or senator in this erotic exploitation feature
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