Movie
A Dirty Shame
Threatening the very limits of common decency.
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
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Synopsis
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude to a sex-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a rampage through town, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray, a sexual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world's greatest orgasm. Their sexual revolution, however, causes a class war in their tiny Baltimore community.
More about A Dirty Shame
Cast
Tracey UllmanSylvia Stickles
Johnny KnoxvilleRay Ray Perkins
Selma BlairCaprice Stickles
Chris IsaakVaughn Stickles
Suzanne ShepherdBig Ethel
Mink StoleMarge the Neuter
Patricia HearstPaige
Jackie HoffmanDoraCredits
- Directed by
- John Waters
- Written by
- John Waters
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $1.9M
Production
Fine Line FeaturesUnited States
This is thatUnited States
Killer FilmsUnited States- John Wells ProductionsUnited States
- City Lights PicturesUnited States
