“Little girls shouldn’t play with snakes.”
With the oppressive climate of 1970s South Africa as the backdrop, this erotic biopic tells the story of Glenda Kemp (playing herself), a former Sunday school teacher who becomes an exotic dancer -- and provocatively shares the stage with a python. Creating an uproar and breaking every taboo in the book with her act, Kemp soon finds herself charged with indecency as the government attempts to ban her seductive performance art.
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Glenda Kemp
Glenda Kemp
Wilson Dunster
Known for
Binnelanders
Michael McCabe
Dirk de Villiers
Peter J. Elliott
Known for
Zulu Dawn
Neil Hetherington
Christine Basson
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Egoli: Place of Gold
Agter Elke Man
Bruce Millar
Richard
Heidi Zonneveld
Young Glenda
Avlon Dudley
Kenneth Hendel
Known for
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
Gayle Fancutt
Dirk de Villiers Director · Michael McCabe Screenplay
United States release January 1, 1989 · Produced in South Africa
Production
South Africa
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
South Africa · March 28, 1976
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1989
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