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Saint Jack

Saint Jack

"People make love for so many crazy reasons-- why shouldn't money be one of them?" - The Gospel According To Saint Jack

19796.61h 55m

Overview

Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Written by Paul Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, Howard Sackler
Produced by Roger Corman
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0M0

Top Cast

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Jack Flowers

Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott

William Leigh

James Villiers

James Villiers

Frogget

Joss Ackland

Joss Ackland

Yardley

Rodney Bewes

Rodney Bewes

Smale

Mark Kingston

Mark Kingston

Yates

Lisa Lu

Lisa Lu

Mrs. Yates

M

Monika Subramaniam

Monika

J

Judy Lim

Judy

George Lazenby

George Lazenby

Senator

Themes & Keywords

vietnam warbrothelsingaporepimpprostitutiontranssexualgay theme

About Saint Jack

Saint Jack is a drama film released in 1979 exploring themes of vietnam war, brothel, singapore, pimp, prostitution, transsexual. Directed by Peter Bogdanovich, it stars Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers. Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.

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