Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
- Starring:
- Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland, (more)
- Director(s):
- Bernard Rose
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Director Bernard Rose and screenwriter David Yallop were inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as The Cleft Chin Murder Case, after a London cabbie was found murdered. It was a sensation in England, where American soldier Karl Hulten and British showgirl Elizabeth Maud Jones became household names -- even beating out news of the war. 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. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 105 mins
Complete Cast of Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
- Emily Lloyd - Betty Jones
- Patsy Kensit - Joyce Cook
- Liz Fraser - Mrs. Evans
- Ralph Nossek - Inspector Tansil
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Inspector Tarr
- John Junkin - George Heath
- Stevenson Hancock - Doctor
- Hugh Millais - US Colonel
- John Surman - Mr. Cook
- Leo Davis
- Gary Parker - 3rd Reporter
- John Lahr - Radio Commentator
- Karen Gledhill - 4th Reporter
- Janet Dale - Mrs. Cook
- Kiefer Sutherland - Karl Hulten/"Ricky Allen"
- Keith Allen - Lenny Bexley
- Alexandra Pigg - Violet
- Colin Bruce - Robert DeMott
- Harry Fowler - Morry
- Niven Boyd - Reporter
- Richard Ireson - 1st Reporter
- Harry Jones - Taxi Driver
- John Lyons
- Malcolm Terris - 2nd Reporter
- Angela Morant - Customer
- Gerard Horan - John Wilkins
- John Dair - John
- Director(s):
- Bernard Rose
- Writer(s):
- David Yallop
- Producer(s):
- Tim Bevan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Strong Sexual Content, Adult Situations, Substance Abuse, Not For Children, Violence)
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