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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

1990 British film by Bernard Rose

Summary

1990 British film by Bernard Rose

Field	Value
name	Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
image	Chicago+Showgirl.jpg
caption	Theatrical release poster
director	Bernard Rose
producer	Tim Bevan
writer	David Yallop
starring	{{Plainlist
music	{{plainlist
cinematography	Mike Southon
editing	Carlos Puente
studio	{{plainlist
distributor	Palace Pictures
released
runtime	103 minutes
country	United Kingdom
language	English
budget	$5 million
gross	$85,395 (US)
£58,037 (UK)

Kiefer Sutherland
Emily Lloyd
Patsy Kensit
Shirley Walker
Hans Zimmer
PolyGram
Working Title Films £58,037 (UK)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop, inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, otherwise known as the Cleft Chin Murder. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd.

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 spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime: murder.

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland as Karl Hulten / "Chicago Joe"
Emily Lloyd as Betty Jones
Liz Fraser as Mrs. Evans
John Lahr as Radio Commentator
Harry Fowler as Morry
Keith Allen as Lenny Bexley
Patsy Kensit as Joyce Cook
Angela Morant as Customer

References

"Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)". [[BBFC]].
(14 December 1998). "15 years of production".
"Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)". Box Office Mojo.
(2005). "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing".

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