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Myra breckinridge le film complet en francais 1970. Feb 29, 2012 myra breckinridge trailer 1970 myron breckinridge is waiting for his sexchange operation while a stoned surgeon stumbles into the operating room. Sexchanged myron becomes shapely myra raquel welch and enrolls at buck loners drama school. Myra breckinridge project gutenberg selfpublishing. Myra breckenridge was voted one of the fifty worst films of all time by the medved brothers in their 1978 book.
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