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The Bitch

  • 19791979
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  • 1h 29m
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3.7/10
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The Bitch (1979)
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
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The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
1.1K
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  • Director
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Writers
    • Jackie Collins(based on the novel by)
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Stars
    • Joan Collins
    • Antonio Cantafora
    • Kenneth Haigh
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  • Director
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Writers
    • Jackie Collins(based on the novel by)
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Stars
    • Joan Collins
    • Antonio Cantafora
    • Kenneth Haigh
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    • 21User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Fontaine Khaledas Fontaine Khaled
    Antonio Cantafora
    Antonio Cantafora
    • Nico Cantaforaas Nico Cantafora
    • (as Michael Coby)
    Kenneth Haigh
    Kenneth Haigh
    • Arnold Rinsteadas Arnold Rinstead
    Ian Hendry
    Ian Hendry
    • Thrush Featheras Thrush Feather
    Pamela Salem
    • Lynnas Lynn
    Sue Lloyd
    Sue Lloyd
    • Vanessa Grantas Vanessa Grant
    Mark Burns
    Mark Burns
    • Leonard Grantas Leonard Grant
    John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    • Hal Leonardas Hal Leonard
    Carolyn Seymour
    Carolyn Seymour
    • Polly Loganas Polly Logan
    Doug Fisher
    Doug Fisher
    • Sammyas Sammy
    Sharon Fussey
    • Sammy's Girlas Sammy's Girl
    Peter Wight
    Peter Wight
    • Rickyas Ricky
    George Sweeney
    George Sweeney
    • Sandy Rootsas Sandy Roots
    Maurice Thorogood
    • Paulas Paul
    Bill Mitchell
    • Bernieas Bernie
    Alibe Parsons
    Alibe Parsons
    • Berniceas Bernice
    Mela White
    • Mrs Waltersas Mrs Walters
    Maurice O'Connell
    • John-Joas John-Jo
    • Director
      • Gerry O'Hara
    • Writers
      • Jackie Collins(based on the novel by)
      • Gerry O'Hara
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    • Trivia
      The movie watched by Fontaine Khaled (Dame Joan Collins) and Nico Cantafora (Antonio Cantafora) on the flight to London is The Stud (1978).
    • Quotes

      Arnold Rinstead: I'll make an honest woman of you if you want...

      Fontaine Khaled: Honest woman? God that makes me angry! What the hell does being married have to do with honesty?

    • Connections
      Featured in 'the Bitch' with Gerry O'Hara (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      The Bitch
      Written by Biddu and Don Black

      Performed by Olympic Runners

      © Copyright Brent Walker Music Division

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    4/10
    For lovers of 1970's flashy disco junk only!
    An owner of a 1970's London disco gets sexually involved with a shady medallion man who may have dangerous Mafia links.

    What a pile of junk this is! But, somehow and some way, I have a soft spot for it. A guilty pleasure that should be whispered lightly and only in limited company. It is so camp that on release it probably drove drag queen rushing towards the exits.

    It does - however - capture the 70's disco scene and fashions as well as the faceless hits that pumped out of them. Clear and brainless padding though they are.

    This is based on a (Jackie) Collins novel that shows the imagination of a newt: discos, glamour, the mob, diamonds, dancing and guys who think they look better with a thick moustache. If you were given the task of writing a script based on clichés you couldn't do better than this.

    Lead Joan Collins, only a few years before so down-on-her-luck that she was signing on the dole, takes her clothes off for about six milliseconds to reveal a pale skinny body that has seen better days, but you still would, wouldn't you?

    Everyone hated discos, even the people that went to them every week. Boring places where girls danced around handbags and every girl you spoke to was "waiting for her boyfriend." A plastic imitation of a good time. Not to mention that horrible, insisting, pounding music that made any dance floor conversation impossible. If there is a hell - it must be like a 70's disco.

    Yes, you are probably going to hate it. Yes, you won't see what the point it is. But it is like a bad war film about a war that you went through yourself and have the scars to prove it - it keeps you involved even though there is a million other things that you really should be doing.
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    • Pedro_H
    • Oct 17, 2005

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    • Release date
      • December 1979 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lady Diamond
    • Filming locations
      • Twickenham Studios, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Brent Walker Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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