Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
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| Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Bernard Rose |
| Produced by | Tim Bevan |
| Written by | David Yallop |
| Starring | Kiefer Sutherland Emily Lloyd |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Mike Southon |
| Editing by | Carlos Puente |
| Studio | LIVE Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 1990 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $85,395 (US) [1] |
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop. The film was inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as the Cleft Chin Murder.
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[edit] Plot
In the film, Karl Hulten (Kiefer Sutherland), is an American GI who is stalking the black market of London after stealing an army truck and going AWOL. There he meets up with Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd), a stripper with a deluded fantasy world view formed by watching a steady stream of Hollywood film noir and gangster pictures. Seeing Karl, who claims he is Chicago Joe doing advance work in London for encroaching Chicago gangsters, Betty takes the opportunity to set her fantasies to life as she connives Karl into a crime spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime—murder.
[edit] 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
- John Junkin ... George Heath
- Gerard Horan ... John Wilkins
- Colin Bruce ... Robert De Mott
- Ralph Nossek ... Insp. Tansill
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths ... Insp. Tarr
- Richard Ireson ... Reporter #1
- Malcolm Terris ... Reporter #2
- Gary Parker ... Reporter #3
- Karen Gledhill ... Reporter #4
- Niven Boyd ... Reporter #5
[edit] References
- ^ "Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chicagojoeandtheshowgirl.htm. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
[edit] External links
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at the Internet Movie Database
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at AllRovi
- Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at Rotten Tomatoes
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