''The Alley Cats'' is a 1966 American

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, cult film directed by

Radley Metzger Radley Metzger (also known as Radley Henry Metzger, Radley H. Metzger and by the pseudonyms, "Jake Barnes", "Erich Farina" and "Henry Paris") (January 21, 1929 – March 31, 2017) was an American pioneering filmmaker and film distributor, mos ...

. The film stars Anne Arthur, Karen Field, Sabrina Koch, Charlie Hickman, Harald Baerow, and Uta Levka.

Plot

A liberated couple, engaged to be married, are each having affairs with women.

Cast

* Anne Arthur as Leslie * Karen Field as Agnes * Sabrina Koch as Irena * Charlie Hickman as Logan * Harald Baerow as Christian *

Uta Levka Uta Levka (born 1942) is a former German film and television actress active during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was discovered by the actress Maria Schell while working at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and appeared in a succession of glamorou ...

as Sheila

Reception

According to film reviewer Gary Morris, ''The Alley Cats'' is a "typically artful, sexy, sometimes ponderous, ultimately satisfying softcore

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effort".

Notes

According to one

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, Radley Metzger's films, including those made during the

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(1969–1984), are noted for their "lavish design, witty screenplays, and a

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for the unusual

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". Another reviewer noted that his films were "highly artistic — and often cerebral ... and often featured gorgeous

cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to foc ...

". Film and audio works by Metzger have been added to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

References

External links

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