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Wild Party, The (1956) - Two Strangers

Ex-football star "Big Tom" Kupfen (Anthony Quinn) squeezes victim-to-be Erica (Carol Ohmart) while Kicks (Nehemiah Persoff) jams with clarinet stalwart Buddy De Franco and band in The Wild Party, 1956.

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Excellent beatnik banter from Honey (Kathryn Grant) who's less worried than Erica (Carol Ohmart) about being locked in a warehouse by her thug buddies in The Wild Party, 1956.

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