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The plan begins to fall apart when a rival mob, led by the sadistic and mentally unbalanced Slim
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British soldiers, seamen and airmen during World War II. These servicemen enjoyed its risqué passages, which marked a new frontier of daringness in popular literature. Author and military historian Patrick Bishop has called
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Blandish and her boyfriend, but after the latter is accidentally killed they instead decide to hold Miss
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and decides to keep her hidden in a secret room inside one of his nightclubs, repeatedly raping her and lashing out at anybody who attempts to wrestle Miss
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