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American Gigolo (1980)
Directed by Paul Schrader
“He's the highest paid lover in Beverly Hills. He leaves women feeling more alive than they've ever felt before. Except one.”
Crime, Drama, Mystery · 1h 57m
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
Richard Gere
Julian Kaye
Lauren Hutton
Michelle Stratton
Héctor Elizondo
Detective Sunday
Nina van Pallandt
Anne
Bill Duke
Leon James
Brian Davies
Charles Stratton
K Callan
Lisa Williams
T
Tom Stewart
Mr. Rheiman
P
Patricia Carr
Judy Rheiman
D
David Cryer
Lt. Curtis
Carole Cook
Mrs. Dobrun
Carol Bruce
Mrs. Sloan
Crew
- Director
- Paul Schrader
- Writer
- Paul Schrader
- Director of Photography
- John Bailey
- Original Music Composer
- Giorgio Moroder
- Editor
- Richard Halsey
- Producer
- Jerry Bruckheimer
Details
- Release date
- 1980-02-01
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, Swedish, English, French
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Freddie Fields Productions
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $52,700,000