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American Gigolo is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Schrader released in USA on 8 february 1980 with Richard Gere
American Gigolo (1980)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Gigolo is a 1980 American crime drama film starring Richard Gere, written and directed by Paul Schrader. Schrader considers it one of four similar films, which he calls "double bookends": Taxi Driver, bookended by Light Sleeper, and American Gigolo bookended by The Walker.
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Julian Kaye (Richard Gere) is a male escort in Los Angeles whose job supports his expensive taste in cars, stereophonic equipment and clothes. He is blatantly narcissistic and superficial; however, he claims to take some pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women.Actors
Richard Gere
(Julian Kaye)
Lauren Hutton
(Michelle Stratton)
Héctor Elizondo
(Detective Sunday)
Nina, Baroness van Pallandt
(Anne)
Bill Duke
(Leon James)
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