''World Without Shame'' is a 1962 British

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film directed by

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and starring Yvonne Martell.

Plot

After winning on the

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, a group of young people leave London to begin a new, carefree, naturist life on a deserted Mediterranean island.

Cast

* Yvonne Martell * Larry Bowen * Diane Valeri * Jean Robert * Laurel Grey * Paul Christian * Laura Beaumont * Michael Troy

Critical reception

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'' said "From the naturist standpoint, this nudist film is much like any other, if a trifle less eventful and duller than usual. The most intriguing feature to the unconverted onlooker is the reasons advanced for the party's enterprise: escape from commercialism and the establishment, freedom from conventions, escape from nuclear hazards. The health-promotion aspect, usually the main propaganda element, is here relatively underplayed."

References

External links

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