Indeed, the decade was one of sexual awakening on screen, as well as off.
Under assault by film-makers such as Russ Meyer, Louis Malle, Ingmar Bergman and Federico Fellini, official censorship started to crumble.
The Legion of Decency closed and actresses even began to pose nude for studio-sanctioned publicity shots.
It was also the decade that the world's greatest female sex symbol, Marilyn Monroe, died at the tender age of 37.
The irony is that if we were to see the 32-year-old Pawnbroker on either of the network channels in Hong Kong, it would probably face censorship in order to appease the sword of our Victorian Broadcasting Authority.
When, we ask, will it begin to crumble? You have to despair at the logic of an authority that disallows all aspects of nudity but allows violence in its most brutal forms.
We can watch Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction (minus the four-letter language) without fear of offence or developing a propensity to violence but a pert nipple (even a section of bare bosom without such an appendage) is deemed offensive.
Both TVB and ATV have admitted they would prefer more flexibility and discretion in the Code of Practice rather than the blanket guidelines that exist.
We are, I suspect, more likely to see skiers on The Peak.
So, for your daily dose of violent action, turn to Tightrope (Pearl, 9.30pm). Clint Eastwood plays Wes Block, a New Orleans cop tracking down a sex killer through the French Quarter who finds himself looking at the darker side of his own personality when he sees himself reflected in the details of the case.
Separated from his wife, Block is in the process of developing a relationship with a woman (Genevieve Bujold) who is the director of the New Orleans Rape Centre.
But soon his private life becomes part of the case as women with whom he has had contact are raped and murdered.
The circle of tension tightens around his family and friends as his two young daughters and new love interest become potential victims.
This is a dark, sleazy and psychological outing for Eastwood but he fairs well, making it a compelling and taut watch.
It's Halloween in ER (Pearl, 8.30pm) and some eerie goings-on take place.
A huge man dressed as a monster is shot in the chest.
In another case, Carter treats a young girl and her father who were both hit by a car.
The father dies and Carter decides not to tell the girl until after her surgery, but when she wakes, she says she already knew - her father communicated with her during the operation.
Greene and Ross are still tense around each other because of Ross' reckless lifestyle.
And, Lewis, who never went to Hawaii because she is afraid of flying, still wonders if Greene is romantically interested in her - and vice versa.
Finally, rumours circulate about a ghost which inhabits the fifth floor causing strange electrical problems and the pair venture up to investigate.
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