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The Secret Cinema (1967)

27m

Running Time

The Secret Cinema (1967)

Name: The Secret Cinema
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1967-03-08

27m

Running Time

Plot.

Welcome to the Secret Cinema, now featuring a series of films on the real-life misadventures of Jane, a New York City office secretary. See Jane being sexually harassed by her boss, Mr. Troppogrosso. See Jane get dumped by her boyfriend, Dick. See Jane humiliated in lots of ways. And here's the kicker: Jane doesn't know that her life is being filmed, or that she's being set up by some of the people closest to her. But she's starting to have her suspicions.

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Cast & Crew.

Amy Vane

Jane

Gordon Felio

Mr. Troppogrosso

Connie Ellison

Helen

Philip Carlson

Dick

Estelle Omens

Jane's Mother

Barry Dennen

Psychiatrist

Mara Lepmanis

First Secretary

Camille Fife

Second Secretary

Mimi Randolph

Waitress / Ticket Seller / Nurse

Glenn Johnson

Disc Jockey (voice)

Paul Bartel

Director / Writer / Producer

Burt Bluestein

Associate Producer

Fred Wellington

Associate Producer / Director of Photography

Robert Schulenberg

Producer / Production Design

Sam Moore

Editor

Bob Schulenberg

Producer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 8, 1967

Status
Released

Running Time
27m

Budget
$5,000

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-04-20

This Movie Is About.

hidden camera

satire

film in film

underground film

short

Wiki.

The Secret Cinema is a short black-and-white film produced, written, and directed by Paul Bartel, and released in 1966, gaining somewhat wider distribution in 1968. The film is about a woman who is manipulated by people around her so a director can film her to screen the results in a theater. The film is described as voyeuristic or surveillance film, though obviously staged.