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Michael Findlay, along with his wife Roberta Findlay, directed and produced numerous sexploitation movies. They have been described as "the most notorious filmmakers in the annals of sexploitation". In the mid-to-late 1960s, Findlay was prominent among a small group of underground New York filmmakers (including Joseph W. Sarno, Joseph P. Mawra, and Lou Campa) that produced exploitation "roughies" (a mix of sex and sadism) for the grindhouse theater market. Sometimes he would direct under the alias Julian Marsh and act in his own films billed as Robert West. His wife Roberta (aka Anna Riva) was the cinematographer, co-writer, and supporting actress for many of their films together. They also employed the same actors repeatedly, most notably Uta Erickson, and Marie Brent, aka Janet Banzet. The Findlays were friends with George Weiss, producer of Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda and a series of fetishistic Olga films (Olga's House of Shame, Olga's Girls, et al.). In 1964 Weiss encouraged them to make films in this new subgenre of violent sexploitation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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(archive)

Party Levitation

2021

3.1

Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)

Snuff

1976

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Richard Jennings

Virgins in Heat

1976

4.5

Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)

Shriek of the Mutilated

1974

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Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)

The Altar of Lust

1971

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Detective (uncredited)

The Slaughter

1971

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3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)

Bacchanale

1970

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Narrator (voice)

Take My Head

1970

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Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)

Janie

1970

4.7

Spencer (as Robert West)

The Ultimate Degenerate

1969

Credits

Party Levitation

as (archive)

2021

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Snuff

as Detective (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

3.1

Virgins in Heat

as Richard Jennings

1976

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Shriek of the Mutilated

as Decapitation Onlooker (uncredited)

1974

4.5

The Altar of Lust

as Dr. Rogers (voice) (uncredited)

1971

5.0

The Slaughter

as Detective (uncredited)

1971

5.0

Bacchanale

as 3rd Mourner / Timothy (voice)

1970

4.6

Take My Head

as Narrator (voice)

1970

2.0

Janie

as Homeowner (as Richard Jennings)

1970

4.7

The Ultimate Degenerate

as Spencer (as Robert West)

1969

4.7

Mnasidika

1969

2.5

The Kiss of Her Flesh

as Richard Jennings

1968

5.6

The Curse of Her Flesh

as Richard Jennings / Joe Davidson

1968

5.9

A Thousand Pleasures

as Richard Davis

1968

4.4

The Touch of Her Flesh

as Richard Jennings

1967

4.9

Lusting Hours

as Partygoer / Call Girl's Client / Voices

1967

3.5

Take Me Naked

as The Bum's Friend

1966

4.2

The Sin Syndicate

as Bearded Man (uncredited)

1965

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Body of a Female

as Bruno (as Robert West)

1964

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