A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 14 wins & 14 nominations total
Joseph Karimbeik
- Raschid
- (as Hossein Karimbeik)
John R. Darling
- Hotel Security
- (as John Darling)
Raad Rawi
- Arab Servant
- (as Raad Raawi)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMortwell's strip club is actually the famous Raymond RevueBar in London's Soho district. The giant prop hand Mortwell sits in was a famous element of the show, visible in a lot of promotional material for the club. At one point George walks past a poster for the Festival of Erotica, a real show at the RevueBar at the time.
- GoofsA camera shadow is visible on the racks of clothes when Simone and George go shopping.
- Crazy creditsIn the credits at the end, "Richard Starkey, MBE" (i.e., Ringo Starr) is listed as "Special Production Assistant."
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Desert Hearts/Mona Lisa/Letter to Brezhnev (1986)
- SoundtracksMona Lisa
by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Used by permission of Famous Music Corporation
Performed by Nat 'King' Cole
Original Sound Recording Owned and Controlled by Capitol Records, Inc.
Featured review
This film is one of the best to have come out of Britain in the 1980's. Produced by Handmade Films, George Harrison's company, the film won several BAFTA awards and deservedly so. The film deals with an ex-con named George, played by Bob Hoskins who gives a fantastic performance, who is given a job by his old boss, Mortwell, as played by Michael Cain (another fantastic performance). George is now the chauffeur for a high-class prostitute and the story revolves around her educating him on the finer cuts of life with the result of him falling in love with her. It's a powerful film, showing the gritty side of the London underworld and it cannot go wrong with two of the best ever performances from the masters - Bob Hoskins and Michael Caine. These two men know how to play these roles. A true lesson for any actor.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- 蒙娜麗莎
- Filming locations
- Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich, London, Greater London, England, UK(where George is confronted by his daughter and wife)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,794,184
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $99,361
- Jun 15, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $5,794,184
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