Top 11 Flicks Linked to Playboy

With The House Bunny hitting theaters, Entertainment Weekly looks back at history’s greatest films with Playboy connections:

• The Asphalt Jungle: Marilyn Monroe debuted here a couple years before gracing Playboy’s first cover.
• Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!: Directed by Russ Meyer, the Playboy photographer sometimes called “King Leer.”
• Macbeth: Roman Polanski and Hugh Hefner’s friendship ended over this Playboy-produced adaptation.

• History of the World: Part I: Hefner cameos as an Ancient Roman version of himself.
• They All Laughed: Then-playmate of the year Dorothy Stratten co-starred, but was murdered before the film came out.
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Was based on a book first excerpted in Playboy.
• Star 80: A biopic about Stratten.
• A Bunny’s Tale: Made-for-TV movie about a feminist going undercover as a playmate.
• Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley infiltrates the mansion.
• Scary Movie 4: Stars House Bunny’s Anna Faris and other playmates.
• Iron Man: Stan Lee cameos dressed as Hef.

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