Saint Jack

4/27/19791h 55m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

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.

Director:

Peter Bogdanovich

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$2,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

vietnam war
brothel
singapore
pimp
prostitution
transsexual
gay theme

Cast

Ben Gazzara

~ as ~

Jack Flowers

Denholm Elliott

~ as ~

William Leigh

James Villiers

~ as ~

Frogget

Joss Ackland

~ as ~

Yardley

Rodney Bewes

~ as ~

Smale

Mark Kingston

~ as ~

Yates

Lisa Lu

~ as ~

Mrs. Yates

Monika Subramaniam

~ as ~

Monika

Judy Lim

~ as ~

Judy

George Lazenby

~ as ~

Senator

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
"Flowers" (Ben Gazzara) reckons there are easy pickings to be had setting up a brothel in Singapore and feathering his nest for a life of luxury back in the USA. Upon his arrival he alights on a collection of ex-pat Brits and befriends "William" (Denholm Elliott) - a decent man, an accountant, with little interest in the goings on in an whorehouse besides balancing the books for it's owners. Needless to say, the local Triad gang don't look too kindly on his interfering enterprise, but events in Vietnam might just provide for the most unlikely of supporters for his increasingly risky venture. Initially I thought Gazzara too lightweight to hold this together, but coupled with quite a poignant effort from Elliott and relying on a solid cast of familiar British faces, the story develops into quite an interesting observation of a man who does, indeed, have some scruples and standards of his own - even if he doesn't mind so much just quite how he makes his fortune! As events proceed, even those priorities begin to be re-thought. It's a bit of a slow starter, this, but to watch the naive cynicism of "Flowers" evolve, mature even, is worth a watch.