American Gigolo
- Director: Paul Schrader
- Writer: Paul Schrader
- Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer; Freddie Fields
CGiii Comment
The message is quite clear: Straight male hustlers are fantastic people...but, gay male hustlers are lowlife bastards.
Thank you for that...oooh, and, I'll f&*k anyone, anything to save my own skin.
Not the most intellectual film ever made - pretty damn awful if the truth be known.
But...it did propel Gere into that starry stratosphere.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins pumping him for details on his different clients, something he is reluctant to do considering the nature of his work. Julian begins to suspect he's being framed. Meanwhile Michelle begins to fall in love with him.
Cast & Characters
Richard Gere as Julian;
Lauren Hutton as Michelle;
Hector Elizondo as Sunday;
Nina Van Pallandt as Anne;
Bill Duke as Leon;
Brian Davies as Charles Stratton;
K Callan as Lisa Williams;
Tom Stewart as Mr. Rheiman;
Patricia Carr as Judy Rheiman;
David Cryer as Lt. Curtis;
Carole Cook as Mrs. Dobrun;
Carol Bruce as Mrs. Sloan;
Frances Bergen as Mrs. Laudner;
Macdonald Carey as Hollywood Actor;
William Dozier as Michelle's Lawyer