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Saint Jack is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich released in USA on 27 april 1979 with Ben Gazzara
Saint Jack (1979)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 april 1979
Length 1h52
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating69%
Saint Jack is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux and a 1979 film of the same name. It tells the life of Jack Flowers, a pimp in Singapore. Feeling hopeless and undervalued, Jack tries to make money by setting up his own bordello, and clashes with Chinese triad members in the process.
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Singapour, années 1970. Italo-américain vétéran de la guerre de Corée, le débonnaire Jack travaille officiellement pour un armateur, mais espère rentrer un jour au pays, fortune faite, grâce à la maison close grand luxe qu'il a ouverte pour une clientèle occidentale. Le succès de l'établissement déplaît à la pègre chinoise locale, qui le met à sac après avoir exécuté l'un des employés. Eddie Schuman, un compatriote qui travaille pour le gouvernement américain, offre alors à Jack les rênes d'un lieu de plaisir pour les permissionnaires de la guerre du Viêtnam.Actors
Ben Gazzara
(Jack Flowers)
Denholm Elliott
(William Leigh)
George Lazenby
(Senator)
James Villiers
(Frogget)
Joss Ackland
(Yardley)
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