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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
1 hour 7 minutes2008-03-03
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A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Cast
![Valerie Spencer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tSFdexJHD1o16W6wZTQbumNEDL7.jpg)
Valerie Spencer
Self - Narrator (voice)
![John Landis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nXKdxxELgAaGecCpxAWCoj6TV3f.jpg)
John Landis
Self
![Jonathan Kuntz](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jonathan Kuntz
Self
![Rudy Behlmer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tYldiJSSyaInn7POvgIXKKii1s5.jpg)
Rudy Behlmer
Self
![Jerry Beck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//CODHOkbPy9mKCLjQv7RwSMtoik.jpg)
Jerry Beck
Self
![Camille Paglia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//g0EVlGwolOZhc1tL9xyaWKuacjQ.jpg)
Camille Paglia
Self
![Hugh Hefner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7Qwu5fFUR6X9tJuKJdt2Vt6OBp6.jpg)
Hugh Hefner
Self
![Jack Valenti](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//y9wHUzUOlQoa0VBzHZ8PXncLR2V.jpg)
Jack Valenti
Self
![Jeffrey Vance](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jeffrey Vance
Self
![Molly Haskell](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//7l4svWixtS0Qzs46O6xRv3qdyMA.jpg)
Molly Haskell
Self
![Mark Vieira](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Mark Vieira
Self
![Leonard Maltin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5jQo1L8Vv10nZQQeMgSaCjLxJlB.jpg)
Leonard Maltin
Self
![Tony Maietta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3OUDrnHOQ5Qd968gixwkXB9XXGG.jpg)
Tony Maietta
Self
![Joan Crawford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AtEGacmejG86ug8tKTxFd7JbJJO.jpg)
Joan Crawford
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Ann Dvorak](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w7AIhoCgeruXUzz9UCVWHA3Ztx0.jpg)
Ann Dvorak
Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)
![Clark Gable](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qD6WJzydym7n7fCeL9PGnHe1aEV.jpg)
Clark Gable
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Greta Garbo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//hiajoqd8tB46L059zHk6p7q5Y5Q.jpg)
Greta Garbo
Queen Christina (archive footage)
![Jean Harlow](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//b24q0sPGmSvZFIvz1mbCzWu11sq.jpg)
Jean Harlow
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Miriam Hopkins](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//73uxVPWLftadY8elSwO9yVPewlU.jpg)
Miriam Hopkins
Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
![Norma Shearer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//skHjxDkDI4HfkpuhIGPv0SguL60.jpg)
Norma Shearer
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Barbara Stanwyck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//fSLs301bTCx6ukaRuErorjRlqf7.jpg)
Barbara Stanwyck
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Mae West](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//xtlUd8VnOor4OuA8dexgDG9JlIP.jpg)
Mae West
Tira (archive footage)
![Warren William](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//jPX75WiScM7N8N0DqOVGFo75mzq.jpg)
Warren William
Various Roles (archive footage)
![William H. Hays](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//l2zHjFdRgHexagoCj65ynOPsYKg.jpg)
William H. Hays
Self (archive footage)
![Walter Huston](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yLhqfB99005d2nS7CIkwWO4qzmP.jpg)
Walter Huston
Various Roles (archive footage)
![Wallace Ford](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//icHpMpE6QRTGgIACyCLtfjlqSEG.jpg)
Wallace Ford
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
![Paul Muni](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zBWkurrylrxKRmcOmN7bI9XlmBn.jpg)
Paul Muni
James Allen (archive footage)
![Joseph I. Breen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//4hBut8ozYDckRdA4GOkwKQCBwYv.jpg)
Joseph I. Breen
Self (archive footage)
![Joel McCrea](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k2DhZdrEKtauhnauAuivYO84Vee.jpg)
Joel McCrea
John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
![Constance Bennett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//k21G9i2OUZLqHordlkZ5RsB8IGM.jpg)
Constance Bennett
Valerie West (archive footage)
![Myrna Loy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//rNzjcOeTmJkyE8LMHdF3iYUCkPz.jpg)
Myrna Loy
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
![Loretta Young](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vtpGjZpAK88rTTi9Y7VLGpMyt6m.jpg)
Loretta Young
Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
![Ruth Chatterton](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9C6WAbYjAABHgLHsJBhFxiGJkzP.jpg)