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Release year: 1975

Storyline

Three vignettes about a man who buys a weird doll, a writer who is visited by his muse and a kidnapper with very odd demands who holds a VIP.

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Directors

Writers

Cast

Irwin Corey — Professor Irwin Corey
Pat Paulsen — Norman
Deborah Loomis — Wanda
Sudie Bond — Mother

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Did you know

• This film was originally shot with four segments - hence the title. It was only released with three segments, but a photo feature on the film published in the April 1974 issue of Playboy magazine mentioned that the last segment had been deleted. The pictures accompanying this article were a combination of photos shot on set and recreations of various scenes (including different models/actresses that were not seen in the film).

• The fourth segment was titled "Twice on Top", written by Terry Southern, directed by William F. Claxton and starring Rip Torn. Southern's script was 12 pages long and described as a 'comic allegory dealing with society's evils and female innocence. However, according to interviews with the other three directors, producer Carl Gurevich thought the script was to avant-garde and scrapped it before it was shot, replacing it with the Professor Irwin Corey segments.

• Actress Barbara Harris was originally going to play the First Lady in the third segment but had to pull out and was replaced with Estelle Parsons.