Hustle (1975)

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Steve Shagan (novel)
Steve Shagan (screenplay)

Release Date:

25 December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

She's the call girl. He's the cop. They both take their jobs seriously.

Plot:

Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Suicide | Organized Crime | Lesbianism | Movie Theater

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Lieutenant Phil Gaines
Catherine Deneuve	...	Nicole Britton
Ben Johnson	...	Marty Hollinger
Paul Winfield	...	Sergeant Louis Belgrave
Eileen Brennan	...	Paula Hollinger
Eddie Albert	...	Leo Sellers
Ernest Borgnine	...	Santuro
Jack Carter	...	Herbie Dalitz
Colleen Brennan	...	Gloria Hollinger (as Sharon Kelly)
James Hampton	...	Bus Driver
David Spielberg	...	Bellamy
Catherine Bach	...	Peggy Summers
Chuck Hayward	...	Morgue Attendant
David Estridge	...	Albino
Peter Brandon	...	Minister

Also Known As:

All the Other Angels (USA) (working title)
City of the Angels (USA) (working title)
Home Free (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:18 | West Germany:18 (f) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Norway:16 (1976) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1989) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The movie was produced by Robert Aldrich and Burt Reynolds, hence the "RoBurt" credit in the "company credits" link.

Movie Connections:

References "Mission: Impossible" (1966)

Soundtrack:

Yesterday When I Was Young

sex and drugs

The discovery of the nude body of a young woman on the beach gets dismissed as "just another suicide", though the story behind it is a sleazy one of pornography and leads to one satisfying conclusion and then another one that's merely tacked on. Burt Reynolds and Paul Winfield play two detectives who involve themselves in getting to the bottom of what actually happened to this girl, whose distraught parents are believably played by Eileen Brennan and Ben Johnson. Johnson won't accept suicide as an answer and discovers that his daughter was a nude dancer in a club and was in a pornographic film as well. Reynolds is living with Catherine Deneuve, a call girl who makes a lot of money with phone sex. There's a divergence as the plot tries to encompass Johnson's side of the story as well as Reynolds and Deneuve. The whole thing is bathed in a sleazy transparent red light and is only half bad, because Johnson's and Brennan's side of the story is nearly good enough to support Reynolds and Deneuve.