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Coordinates: 51°41′20″N 1°14′24″W / 51.689°N 1.240°W / 51.689; -1.240
Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great was built in about 1290. The church is built of stone, but unusually its roof is supported by wooden pillars installed by a medieval Abbot of Abingdon who was told in a vision to "seek [them] in the forest".[citation needed] The present south aisle dates from the 14th century but the chancel, nave and bell tower were rebuilt in the 15th century. The windows contain Royal heraldic stained glass from the latter part of the 15th century and from the Tudor period. In the tower is a stained-glass portrait believed to represent King Henry VII. The tower has a ring of six bells, five of which were cast in 1754.
Radley Metzger (born January 21, 1929) is an American filmmaker and film distributor.
Metzger was born in New York City. In his early career, he worked primarily as a film editor employed in cutting trailers for European art films. His directorial debut, Dark Odyssey (1958) (co-directed with William Kyriakis) was a drama concerning the experiences of a Greek immigrant arriving in New York. The film was favorably reviewed by the New York Times.
Along with Ava Leighton, Metzger founded Audubon Films in the early 1960s, a film distribution company that specialized in importing international features, some of which were marketed into the gradually expanding sexploitation film genre. Metzger's skills as an editor were employed in re-cutting and augmenting many of the features Audubon handled, including I Spit on Your Grave and I, a Woman. Audubon's first run-away success was Mac Ahlberg's I, a Woman (U. S. 1966).
Metzger's second directorial effort, The Dirty Girls was shot in 1963 and released in 1965.