
Directing
Joseph W. Sarno
Born — Died
1921-03-15 — 2010-04-26
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
42 titles
Joseph W. Sarno (March 15, 1921 – April 26, 2010) was an American film director and screenwriter. One of the most prolific and distinctive auteurs to emerge from the proto-pornographic sexploitation film genre of the 1960s, Joe Sarno had written and directed approximately 75 theatrically released feature films in the sexploitation, softcore and hardcore genres as well as a number of shot-on-video features for the '80s hardcore video market. Sarno, a pioneer of the sexploitation film genre, completed his first adult-oriented feature in 1961. Among his best-known films in the genre are Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Flesh and Lace, The Bed and How to Make It, and Moonlighting Wives (1966). Sarn…
Known for
3.8Nurse Linda Lovelace works for libidinous sex therapist Dr. Jayson. One of the patients she is treating is Dilbert Lamb, a meek geek who's harboring plans for a top secret government computer. Both the KGB and FBI alike attempt to enlist Lovelace in order to obtain the data on the computer.
Deep Throat Part II
1974
4.7The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces Susanna and Karen, who perform in everything from striptease to S&M acts. Karen meets and eventually runs away with a rich guy. Susanna falls in love with a deceptive airport cargo handler. After several more kinky shows and various soft core sex scenes, Karen is gone and Susanna and her man find out the truth behind each others lies.
Swedish Wildcats
1972
4.9Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women.
Bibi
1974
4.5Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life.
The Devil's Plaything
1973
5.6Henning is a fashion photographer driven by visions of artistic glory. He is encouraged by a literary agent to produce a volume of erotic nudes and works to create the perfect layout with his favorite model, Leslie. All seems to be going well until the mysterious Joyce appears; dark and sensual, Joyce plays games with the photographer's ego, driving a wedge between Henning and Leslie and seducing one of his other models. Blinded by his own ambitions, Henning is unable to see the ruinous web that Joyce is weaving
All the Sins of Sodom
1968
5.1A young Danish girl seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother.
Daddy, Darling
1970
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
Behind the camera
3.8Nurse Linda Lovelace works for libidinous sex therapist Dr. Jayson. One of the patients she is treating is Dilbert Lamb, a meek geek who's harboring plans for a top secret government computer. Both the KGB and FBI alike attempt to enlist Lovelace in order to obtain the data on the computer.
Deep Throat Part II
1974
3.8Nurse Linda Lovelace works for libidinous sex therapist Dr. Jayson. One of the patients she is treating is Dilbert Lamb, a meek geek who's harboring plans for a top secret government computer. Both the KGB and FBI alike attempt to enlist Lovelace in order to obtain the data on the computer.
Deep Throat Part II
1974
4.7The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces Susanna and Karen, who perform in everything from striptease to S&M acts. Karen meets and eventually runs away with a rich guy. Susanna falls in love with a deceptive airport cargo handler. After several more kinky shows and various soft core sex scenes, Karen is gone and Susanna and her man find out the truth behind each others lies.
Swedish Wildcats
1972
4.7The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces Susanna and Karen, who perform in everything from striptease to S&M acts. Karen meets and eventually runs away with a rich guy. Susanna falls in love with a deceptive airport cargo handler. After several more kinky shows and various soft core sex scenes, Karen is gone and Susanna and her man find out the truth behind each others lies.
Swedish Wildcats
1972
4.9Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women.
Bibi
1974
4.9Sixteen year old Bibi comes to her aunt Toni's boarding house where she is seduced by lesbian women.
Bibi
1974
4.5Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life.
The Devil's Plaything
1973
4.5Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life.
The Devil's Plaything
1973
5.6Henning is a fashion photographer driven by visions of artistic glory. He is encouraged by a literary agent to produce a volume of erotic nudes and works to create the perfect layout with his favorite model, Leslie. All seems to be going well until the mysterious Joyce appears; dark and sensual, Joyce plays games with the photographer's ego, driving a wedge between Henning and Leslie and seducing one of his other models. Blinded by his own ambitions, Henning is unable to see the ruinous web that Joyce is weaving
All the Sins of Sodom
1968
5.6Henning is a fashion photographer driven by visions of artistic glory. He is encouraged by a literary agent to produce a volume of erotic nudes and works to create the perfect layout with his favorite model, Leslie. All seems to be going well until the mysterious Joyce appears; dark and sensual, Joyce plays games with the photographer's ego, driving a wedge between Henning and Leslie and seducing one of his other models. Blinded by his own ambitions, Henning is unable to see the ruinous web that Joyce is weaving
All the Sins of Sodom
1968
5.1A young Danish girl seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother.
Daddy, Darling
1970
5.1A young Danish girl seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother.
Daddy, Darling
1970
4.1Laura, a famous nude model, returns to her small-town home when she learns that her old boyfriend is having a relationship with her aunt.
Suburban Secrets
2004
4.1Laura, a famous nude model, returns to her small-town home when she learns that her old boyfriend is having a relationship with her aunt.
Suburban Secrets
2004
5.7Abigail Leslie has been away for years but has now returned to the small town of Baypoint, where her sexual appetite made her infamous. Abigail is a woman who is serious about her carnal pursuits, and upon her return she immediately re-establishes her pursuit of the flesh of a lonely tomboy who has a longing for her brother, a repressed housewife who harbors a hidden love of the ladies, and a troubled husband and wife, Abigail having seduced the husband prior to her departure years earlier.
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
1975
5.7Abigail Leslie has been away for years but has now returned to the small town of Baypoint, where her sexual appetite made her infamous. Abigail is a woman who is serious about her carnal pursuits, and upon her return she immediately re-establishes her pursuit of the flesh of a lonely tomboy who has a longing for her brother, a repressed housewife who harbors a hidden love of the ladies, and a troubled husband and wife, Abigail having seduced the husband prior to her departure years earlier.
Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town
1975
5.3Archaeologist Walter and his wife Laura are working at a dig on a small island off the coast of Sweden. One day Laura catches Walter having a go at it with his sexy assistant, Anna. Laura calls in her old friend--and former lesbian lover--Hanni to help get her revenge on Walter by having she and Hanni seduce Anna.
Laura's Toys
1975
5.3Archaeologist Walter and his wife Laura are working at a dig on a small island off the coast of Sweden. One day Laura catches Walter having a go at it with his sexy assistant, Anna. Laura calls in her old friend--and former lesbian lover--Hanni to help get her revenge on Walter by having she and Hanni seduce Anna.
Laura's Toys
1975
4.7Three College friends go off to New York to become Broadway stars and they endure an endless parade of casting couches and frauds in their pursuit of Limelight, which puts more and more strains on their friendships.
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
1964
4.7Three College friends go off to New York to become Broadway stars and they endure an endless parade of casting couches and frauds in their pursuit of Limelight, which puts more and more strains on their friendships.
Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures
1964
3.9Two bored suburban housewives, neglected by their workaholic husbands, take on a couple of college kids for kicks, then decide to join a wife-swapping club. Complications arise when love, jealousy and resentment arise.
The Swap and How They Make It
1966
3.9Two bored suburban housewives, neglected by their workaholic husbands, take on a couple of college kids for kicks, then decide to join a wife-swapping club. Complications arise when love, jealousy and resentment arise.
The Swap and How They Make It
1966
4.4After her boyfriend leaves her alone and penniless, Inga can only long for the love of another man devoted to satisfying her body and soul. Rolf, a young pop singer and musician, tries his best to seduce her, but she ultimately falls for Stig - a dashing older man and writer. Stig owns a beautiful villa, and Inga gladly becomes his personal secretary - and lover. When business takes Stig away, Inga's loneliness and unfulfilled sensual desires lead her straight into the arms and bed of Rolf. As passions surge and forbidden lust is embraced, Inga will be forced to confront a shocking secret and reconcile an aching heart with a tireless young body that can't say no.
The Seduction of Inga
1968
4.4After her boyfriend leaves her alone and penniless, Inga can only long for the love of another man devoted to satisfying her body and soul. Rolf, a young pop singer and musician, tries his best to seduce her, but she ultimately falls for Stig - a dashing older man and writer. Stig owns a beautiful villa, and Inga gladly becomes his personal secretary - and lover. When business takes Stig away, Inga's loneliness and unfulfilled sensual desires lead her straight into the arms and bed of Rolf. As passions surge and forbidden lust is embraced, Inga will be forced to confront a shocking secret and reconcile an aching heart with a tireless young body that can't say no.
The Seduction of Inga
1968
3.4A stripper/fortune teller uses a magical Haitian amulet to keep young, and in so doing forces others to kill for her.
Sin You Sinners
1963
3.4A stripper/fortune teller uses a magical Haitian amulet to keep young, and in so doing forces others to kill for her.
Sin You Sinners
1963
4.7The motel had 70 beds and she knew them all.
The Bed and How to Make It!
1966
4.7The motel had 70 beds and she knew them all.
The Bed and How to Make It!
1966
10.0A journalist goes undercover to find the truth behind a christian cult while falls in love with one of the members.
Sacrilege
1988
10.0A journalist goes undercover to find the truth behind a christian cult while falls in love with one of the members.
Sacrilege
1988
3.7Anthropologist Laurie suggests her frigid friend Vera get sex therapy which opens up the floodgates when multiple women (including the anthropologist's sister and a sex therapist) find themselves drawn to the husband.
The Wall of Flesh
1968
3.7Anthropologist Laurie suggests her frigid friend Vera get sex therapy which opens up the floodgates when multiple women (including the anthropologist's sister and a sex therapist) find themselves drawn to the husband.
The Wall of Flesh
1968
4.9Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece.
Misty
1976
4.9Misty arrives in a small town to look for her mother who abandoned her 22 years ago. She stays with a bisexual artist and her friends and models for her. Meanwhile, a Christian woman with a secret tries to save her perverted niece.
Misty
1976
3.0A slick, womanizing magician and his pretty assistant perform regularly at a hotel cabaret. They are having an affair with each other, as well as with several other employees at the venue. When one waitress spurns the magician's advances, the assistant hypnotizes her so that she will yield to his advances. Complications ensue.
Skin Deep in Love
1966
3.0A slick, womanizing magician and his pretty assistant perform regularly at a hotel cabaret. They are having an affair with each other, as well as with several other employees at the venue. When one waitress spurns the magician's advances, the assistant hypnotizes her so that she will yield to his advances. Complications ensue.
Skin Deep in Love
1966
5.3The Cocoa Poodle bar is the central meeting place for the denizens of a bohemian suburban area. Janet, a rather colorless model, is jealous of her artist/mentor Tanya, who attracts the attention of all the local guys. An exotic card-reader offers her a pair of earrings which will give her power over others. She soon becomes the center of attention, but commits a fatal error.
The Sex Cycle
1967
5.3The Cocoa Poodle bar is the central meeting place for the denizens of a bohemian suburban area. Janet, a rather colorless model, is jealous of her artist/mentor Tanya, who attracts the attention of all the local guys. An exotic card-reader offers her a pair of earrings which will give her power over others. She soon becomes the center of attention, but commits a fatal error.
The Sex Cycle
1967
8.0Marge, a writer trying to navigate the changing mores of the swinging Sixties, escapes California and its cult of nudism for the suburban lifestyle of Long Island.
The Naked Fog
1966
8.0Marge, a writer trying to navigate the changing mores of the swinging Sixties, escapes California and its cult of nudism for the suburban lifestyle of Long Island.
The Naked Fog
1966


