Synopsis
Poet/lecturer Charles Serking awakens from his alcoholic haze long enough to take a bus back to L.A. and plunge into an orgy of drink and sexual depravity.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
79 audience votes
Key crew
- Marco FerreriWriter
- Marco FerreriDirector
- Charles BukowskiWriter
- Sergio AmideiWriter
- Anthony FoutzWriter
- Philippe SardeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ben GazzaraCharles Serking
- Ornella MutiCass
- Susan TyrrellVera
- Tanya LopertVicky
- Roy BrocksmithBarman
- Katya BergerGirl on Beach
- Hope CameronHotel Proprietor
- Judith DrakeWidow
- Patrick HughesPimp
- Wendy WellesRunaway
- Stratton LeopoldPublisher
- Tobin BellBar Patron (uncredited)
Stills
Movies like Tales of Ordinary Madness
Themes
beachbased on novel or bookself-destructionpimpmasochismbartenderpoetsurrealismarrestlos angeles, californiaalcoholictypewriter