Saint Jack

1979 · 115 min · EN · R · 6.6 (42 votes)

Dir. Peter Bogdanovich · Starring Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, Rodney Bewes, Mark Kingston

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

Drama

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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A smoky, neon-drenched dive into the underbelly of 1970s Singapore. It's a lonely, morally ambiguous journey of survival, where dreams are bought and sold in the shadows. The air hangs heavy with regret and the scent of cheap perfume.

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