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Fraser Lewry

"Its sheer capacity for repelling the viewer is almost immeasurable": How Alice Cooper, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and Mae West found themselves in one of the worst movies ever made

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Screengrabs of Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Alive Cooper and Mae West in Sextette

As far as flimsy plots go, the plot of Daniel Briggs' 1978 farce Sextette might just be the flimsiest. Based on a play written by Hollywood legend Mae West in the 1920s, it starred the then-octogenarian actress as a world-famous movie star whose attempts to consummate her sixth marriage are thwarted by numerous "hilarious" interruptions. Citizen Kane, it is not.

Joining the 87-year-old West in the cast are future James Bond actor Timothy Dalton (then just 32 years old) alongside film icons Tony Curtis and George Hamilton, while several members of the infamous celebrity drinking club The Hollywood Vampires are cast in supporting roles. Club founder Alice Cooper appears as a singing waiter, The Who's Keith Moon is a fashion designer, and Beatles legend Ringo Starr features as Lazlo Karolny, a fictitious European film director.   

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