Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Bernard Rose

Writer:

David Yallop (writer)

Release Date:

27 July 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

When desire has no limits... Fantasies become dangerous realities!

Plot Keywords:

American Abroad | Robbery | Slow Motion Scene | Cab Driver | London England

Cast

John Lahr	...	Radio commentator
Emily Lloyd	...	Betty Jones
Liz Fraser	...	Mrs. Evans
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Karl Hulten
Harry Fowler	...	Morry
Keith Allen	...	Lenny Bexley
Patsy Kensit	...	Joyce Cook
Angela Morant	...	Customer
John Surman	...	Mr. Cook
Janet Dale	...	Mrs. Cook
John Dair	...	John
Stephen Hancock	...	Doctor
Hugh Millais	...	U.S. colonel
Harry Jones	...	Taxi driver
Alexandra Pigg	...	Violet

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

BSB

Trivia:

Despite director Bernard Rose's frequent claims during the UK publicity campaign for the film that it was "the greatest British film ever made," the film was not only a major flop but one of the worst reviewed films of the year.

Movie Connections:

Features Double Indemnity (1944)

Soundtrack:

Sing Sing Sing with a Swing

Not quite good enough to be called mediocre

I've been watching quite a few ho-hum films lately and this one doesn't quite reach even that status.

We are first assured that this movie is 100% factual, and I guess it came close. I see how the story of a criminal couple on a short crime spree sold tabloid newspapers, but it just didn't make an interesting movie. It aspires to a forties look, but is too ninetiesh for me.

The acting is okay, but no outstanding performances. Directing...well, not very good. Scrept's sorta blah.

There's maybe one good though lurid scene in this and that isn't enough to make sitting through the movie to see.