For Ladies Only (1981) (TV)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Mel Damski

Writer:

John Riley (writer)

Release Date:

9 November 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young man from Iowa comes to New York hoping to make it as an actor. However, he doesn't get a break and is almost out of money...

Plot Keywords:

Stripper | Beefcake | Stripping | Male Stripper | Dancing

Cast

Gregory Harrison	...	John Phillips
Marc Singer	...	Stan Novak
Patti Davis	...	Sandy Green (as Patricia Davis)
Viveca Lindfors	...	Rachel Loring
Steven Keats	...	Mark Brashler
Dinah Manoff	...	Mary Louise
Louise Lasser	...	Beth Doyle
Lee Grant	...	Anne Holt
Richard Charles Barsh	...	The M.C.
Tom Quinn	...	Dave Lamros
Vivian Matalon	...	The Public Theater Director
Charles Kimbrough	...	Bob Merlis
Robert Weil	...	Larry Shanks
Frank Hamilton	...	Actor
Craig Anderson	...	Open Call Director

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Catalina Production Group, The

A brilliant performance by Gregory Harrison

From Iowa John Phillips steps off a bus in New York just like every other individual hoping to make himself famous on Broadway with his background experience with a university degree in drama. He meets Sandy, who works at an agency for getting jobs for actors and immediately she falls for John's charm, but he starts to date Mary-Louise instead.Mary-Louise then becomes an attraction for an agent, who casts her instead of John. He decides to take acting lessons, but after hearing critic from his fellow actors he loses faith in acting. In his class he meets Stan (Marc Singer)who takes him to Club Max where John learns that there's a lot of money in stripping for women so he decides to give it a shot. He becomes a hit.After winning the championship as the best male stripper an agent contacts John giving him false hope of becoming famous, but even after John agrees he later learns that no one wants to hire a stripper...

This was a truly great movie to watch. Seeing Gregory Harrison in a brilliant performance, especially his dancing it was just terrific. Marc Singer's character was a junkie, who let fame go to his head and his dress sense was terrible, but hey those were the 80's and I never got a chance to see this movie because I had just started kindergarten at that time so thank god I missed the 80's!Great movie, terrific acting, but terrible dress code.