The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann
| The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann | |
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| Directed by | Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris") |
| Story by | Jake Barnes |
| Produced by | Ava Leighton (as "L. Sultana") |
| Starring | Barbara Bourbon Alan Marlow Darby Lloyd Rains Eric Edwards Georgina Spelvin Jamie Gillis Marc Stevens Sonny Landham |
| Cinematography | Paul Glickman (as "Marcel Hall") |
| Edited by | Doris Toumarkine (as "Doris Barrow") |
| Music by | Robert Rochester |
Production company | Hudson Valley Films |
| Distributed by | Hudson Valley Films |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann is a 1974 American hardcore adult film starring Barbara Bourbon and directed by Radley Metzger (as "Henry Paris") that is considered one of the classics of the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984). It was a step forward in the development of the genre, as it had a plot and good acting. The movie can be seen as a meditation on voyeurism, due to the trope of Mann being spied on by a private detective hired by her husband, and the production of pornography itself, as the detective films her sexual encounters.
Porn film star Bill Margold, who went on to be the director of the Free Speech Coalition, has written that "The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann signals an end to the all-balling, no purpose, disposable mastur-movies that go into one orifice and out another.” Filmed in Manhattan, the movie was released in New York City on December 26, 1974, and was nationally distributed in 1975. The film has been inducted into the X-Rated Critics Organization Hall of Fame.