Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Joan Collins | ... | Mme. Laura Carrere | |
Carol White | ... | Margaux Lasselle | |
Paul Nicholas | ... | Mike McCann | |
Finola Hughes | ... | Nadia Gargarin | |
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William Franklyn | ... | Sir Arthur Cartwright |
Leslie Ash | ... | Sharon | |
Murray Melvin | ... | Leopold | |
Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Markovitch | |
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Geraldine Gardner | ... | Markova |
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Cherry Gillespie | ... | Mireille |
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Jane Wellman | ... | Grace |
Ed Bishop | ... | Sam Dozier | |
Jo Warne | ... | Madame Olga | |
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Martin Burrows | ... | Tom |
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Fran Fullenwider | ... | Vi |
A Russian ballet dancer defects from the U.S.S.R., emigrates to England, and joins a ballet company run by a powerful, wealthy lady (Dame Joan Collins).
Disco was on its deathbed even as Joan Collins boogied in her mules during her 70s comeback (The Stud, The Bitch). So, what new moves could she try as the 80s dawned? Rejecting the idea of leading a troupe of bodypoppers, she simply remade her previous disco films in the ballet milieu. All the crucial elements are there: Joanie playing a tough cookie, lithe young things taking their clothes off, and once-respected character actors (hello, William Franklyn) standing around looking embarrassed.
Kitsch fans will particularly relish the performance of Cherry Gillespie (ex-Pans People, and "Disco Girl" in The Bitch. Or was it the Stud?)
Paul Nicholas is in it, some time after he got his kit off in "Hair", and before his glory days advertising Farah slacks and Rougemont Castle British wine.
Do not watch when sober, it's quite dull in such circumstances.