The Amorous Dentist

January. 01,1983      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

The story of a 1865 murder trial that scandalized the people of Sydney. Louis Bertrand, a society dentist and womanizer, is determined to have Mrs. Kinder, a woman of dubious morals, to himself, and so plots to murder her husband.

Robert Grubb as  Dr. Louis Bertrand
Juliet Jordan as  Maria Kinder
Robin Bowering as  Henry Kinder
David Atkins as  Alfred Burne
Ron Haddrick as  Butler
Bill Pearson as  Francis Jackson

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Reviews

GamerTab
1983/01/01

That was an excellent one.

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Moustroll
1983/01/02

Good movie but grossly overrated

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Aneesa Wardle
1983/01/03

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Deanna
1983/01/04

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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