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In this highly acclaimed film from director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show), an Italian American, Johnny Flowers (Ben Gazzara - Summer Of Sam, Dogville) fulfils his dream of opening a whorehouse in Singapore during the final years of the Vietnam War.

A street-savvy hustler, Johnny is inevitably caught up in the seamy and seedy Singapore underworld and to secure protection from the local mob he is forced to blackmail a senator whom he photographs sleeping with a young male prostitute. Adapted from a novel by Paul Therous, produced by Roger Corman, and proposed by Orsen Welles, this fine character study driven by Gazzar's charisma and subtle suspense was described by Roger Ebert as "a revelation" and won Bogdanovich Best Director at the 1979 Venice International Film Festival.

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich [12],

Starring:

Denholm Elliott [23], Joss Ackland [25], Ben Gazzara [18],

Screen Formats:

Full Frame 1.33:1

Language and Sound:

English Mono

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