The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)

A madcap comedy about Xaviera's attempt to make a film in Hollywood based on her book. Getting mixed up with some of the biggest crooked producers in town, she beats them all at their own game, and makes the film without them.

Director:

Alan Roberts

Writers:

Devin Goldenberg (screenplay), Alan Roberts (story)

Stars:

Martine Beswick, Chris Lemmon, Adam West

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martine Beswick	...	Xaviera Hollander
Chris Lemmon	...	Robby Rottman
Adam West	...	Lionel Lamely
Richard Deacon	...	Joseph Rottman
Phil Silvers	...	William B. Warkoff
Charles Green	...	George
Lisa London	...	Laurie
Alexandra Morgan	...	Max
Tanya Boyd	...	Sylvie
Susan Kiger	...	Susie
Randi Brough	...	Twin
Candi Brough	...	Twin
Lindsay Bloom	...	Chris
Betty Jean Samuelson	...	Joy Pecker
Jack Perkins	...	Drunk Conventioner

Storyline

A madcap comedy about Xaviera's attempt to make a film in Hollywood based on her book. Getting mixed up with some of the biggest crooked producers in town, she beats them all at their own game, and makes the film without them.

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Plot Keywords:

variety the newspaper | scantily clad female | sex scene | bare breasts | topless female nudity | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Hollywood-Affäre

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Films, Golan-Globus Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Martine Beswick was appalled by the sheer amount of sex in the film and threatened to quit the film at one point.

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Goofs

On the audio track, Xaviera says, "Call Jake at the lab and make sure we'll have the film by six", but you can see her mouth the words "by four". A few seconds later, Maxine says "six o'clock" twice, but you can see she said "four o'clock" both times.

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Quotes

Rita Beater: So, eh, tell me, Cinderella...
Xaviera Hollander: It's not Cinderella, it's Xaviera.
Rita Beater: If you prefer, I wasn't aware that you could pronounce it both ways.
Xaviera Hollander: You can't.

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Connections

References Last Rites (1980)

User Reviews

High value of camp!

This film deserves credit for its high camp value. It is a film very typical of the early 1980's desires to mix glamor, comedy and camp. This film has a definite sexploitation angle. The beautiful Martine Beswick delivers a playful tongue in cheek performance as the happy hooker who travels to Hollywood to get her memoirs filmed. I can not imagine Ms. Beswick toke this film serious and decided upon to play it for laughs. She got style and carries off some of the sex scenes without loosing her dignity. If you value high camp this film is worth seeing. You will not be disappointed. There are many silly one liners, hard to believe dialog, glamorous starlets and men chasing them for sex. The film moves quickly and never dwells too much on the same scene. I give this film a vote of 8 simply because it has all the ingredients of a campy b film classic. And if you like these kind of guilty pleasures you will not be disappointed.