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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
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David Yallop (writer)
Release Date:
27 July 1990 (USA)
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When desire has no limits... Fantasies become dangerous realities!
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Somewhat accurate, but incomplete and boring
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Lahr | ... | Radio commentator |
| Emily Lloyd | ... | Betty Jones |
| Liz Fraser | ... | Mrs. Evans |
 | Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Karl Hulten |
| Harry Fowler | ... | Morry |
| Keith Allen | ... | Lenny Bexley |
| Patsy Kensit | ... | Joyce Cook |
| Angela Morant | ... | Customer |
| John Surman | ... | Mr. Cook |
| Janet Dale | ... | Mrs. Cook |
| John Dair | ... | John |
| Stephen Hancock | ... | Doctor |
| Hugh Millais | ... | U.S. colonel |
| Harry Jones | ... | Taxi driver |
| Alexandra Pigg | ... | Violet |
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103 min
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Despite director Bernard Rose's frequent claims during the UK publicity campaign for the film that it was "the greatest British film ever made," the film was not only a major flop but one of the worst reviewed films of the year.
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Features Double Indemnity (1944)
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Sing Sing Sing with a Swing
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I agree with Jack Sommersby's comment that the film was boring, although he probably knows more about directing than I. However, the film somewhat chronicles what happened in this case and I think that Keifer did an OK job of portraying Hulten. In my opinion, the film would have been much better if it had shown Hulten's and Jone's trial at the Old Bailey, his subsequent hanging at the Pentonville prison, and her being sent to Holloway prison for life.
Richard Clark has an excellent Web site that is just loaded with facts about the prison system and capital punishment in the U.K. going back to the early 18th century.
This film is nowhere near the calibre of "10 Rillington Place" and "Let Him Have It."