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What about the tagline...


The IMDB tagline has absolutely nothing to do with this movie (that I just had the chance to see) : There's no Strange -Half-Animal girl and what about the story of french prostitute (???).
Is it possible to change this Ed Wood's movie Tagline or was it the oficial one, when the movie was briefly release (wich I strongly doubt) ?

"It is pretty
But is it art ?"
Orson Welles.

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Well, the half-animal girl exists, take a closer look into her eyes in the scenes where the soldiers catch her... those are cat-like eyes, I think...
Anyway, this banner/poster I found on the web states the right tagline (no french prostitute):
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9977/fydej1.jpg

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It's a mistake. The "French prostitute" was in another movie, called The Male Brute, that was advertised on a double feature with Fear and Desire. Evidently someone saw the poster and mistook the ad for the second feature as part of the Fear and Desire ad.
I just sent an update.

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