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Release Date: 1980

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

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

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

American Gigolo is a 1980 crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the first installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, preceding Light Sleeper (1992) and The Walker (2007). Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort 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... MORE

American Gigolo is a 1980 crime drama film, written and directed by Paul Schrader. It is informally considered the first installment in his "lonely man" trilogy, preceding Light Sleeper (1992) and The Walker (2007). Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort 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 have sex 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 night of the murder, the client refuses to LESS