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Release Date: 1980

Cast: Frances Bergen, Tom Stewart, Brian Davies, K Callan, Nina Van Pallandt, Richard Gere, Carole Cook, Hector Elizondo, Macdonald Carey, Bill Duke, William Dozier, Carol Bruce ...MORE

Cast: Frances Bergen, Tom Stewart, Brian Davies, K Callan, Nina Van Pallandt, Richard Gere, Carole Cook, Hector Elizondo, Macdonald Carey, Bill Duke, William Dozier, Carol Bruce, Lauren Hutton ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Erotic Drama, Crime Fiction, Drama Film, Erotica, Romance Film, New Hollywood, Crime Drama, Erotic Thriller, Thriller

American Gigolo is a 1980 crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the second installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, following the Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver (1976) and preceding Light Sleeper (1992). Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male prostitute in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive taste in cars, stereophonic equipment, and clothes. He is, at times, blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women. When on an assignment for his primary... MORE

American Gigolo is a 1980 crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the second installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, following the Martin Scorsese directed Taxi Driver (1976) and preceding Light Sleeper (1992). Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male prostitute in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive taste in cars, stereophonic equipment, and clothes. He is, at times, blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women. When on an assignment for his primary procuress, Anne (Nina Van Pallandt), he meets Michelle Stratton (Lauren Hutton), the unhappy wife of a local politician, who becomes interested in him. Julian's other pimp, Leon (Bill Duke), sends him to the house of a financier, Mr. Rheiman, who asks Julian to physically abuse and copulate with his wife while he watches them. As Julian begins to get to know Michelle, he learns that the financier's wife, Mrs. Rheiman, was murdered. Los Angeles Police Department Detective Sunday (Hector Elizondo) investigates Julian as a primary suspect. Though he was with a client, Lisa Williams (K Callan), on the LESS