Polyester

Polyester

It’s Scentsational!

1981•1h 26m•7.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(184)

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow. Originally screened with "Odorama" scratch and sniff cards so the audience could (at their own risk) smell along with the film.

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Production

New Line Cinema, Dreamland, Michael White Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Divine

Divine

Francine Fishpaw

Tab Hunter

Tab Hunter

Todd Tomorrow

Edith Massey

Edith Massey

Cuddles Kovinsky

David Samson

Elmer Fishpaw

Mary Garlington

Mary Garlington

Lu-Lu Fishpaw

Ken King

Ken King

Dexter Fishpaw

Mink Stole

Mink Stole

Sandra Sullivan

Joni Ruth White

La Rue

Hans Kramm

Heintz

Stiv Bators

Stiv Bators

Bo-Bo Belsinger

Rick Breitenfeld

Dr. Arnold Quackenshaw

Michael Watson

Michael Watson

Freddy Ashton

Derek Neal

Pimp

Jean Hill

Gospel Bus Hijacker

Jim Hill

Picket Reporter

Mary Vivian Pearce

Mary Vivian Pearce

Nun A

Sharon Niesp

Nun B

Cookie Mueller

Cookie Mueller

Betty Lalinski

Marina Melin

Supermarket Victim

Susan Lowe

Susan Lowe

Mall Victim

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