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    Hussy (1980)

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    Beaty (Helen Mirren) is a high-class prostitute working as a “hostess” at a Soho (London) nightclub where handsome American Emory (John Shea) is a technician who works the lights for the stage show.

    Despite her job, his lack of money, and their pasts, the two move in together and begin an affair.

    Alex Denham (Paul Angelis) – her abusive former lover and the father of her ten-year-old son, Billy – turns up fresh out of prison needing a place to stay and moves in with them.

    Alex is clearly a psychopath who threatens Beaty and Emory’s future plans to buy an antique shop and move to the country.

    Emory’s shady friend, Max (Murray Salem), also shows up with a scheme for making lots of money and gets the American involved in a drug-smuggling venture.

    The small-budget film jogs along in a competent fashion but never really gets into its stride as a tasty thriller. The movie ends on an unexpectedly upbeat note that offers some relief from the grim proceedings that precede the resolution.

    Beaty Simons
    Helen Mirren
    Emory
    John Shea
    Alex Denham
    Paul Angelis
    Max
    Murray Salem
    Vere deLarge
    Jenny Runacre
    Billy
    Daniel Chasin
    Tama
    Patti Boulaye
    Charles
    Charles Yates
    Rene
    April Olrich
    Olympia
    Sandy Ratcliff
    Sacha
    Janet Amsden
    Gucci Gaby
    Vanessa Furse
    Marlene
    Linda Polan
    Daisy
    Amanda Waldy
    Pino
    Andy Lucas
    Laurie
    Malcolm Reynolds
    Jackson
    Anthony Bailey
    Imogen
    Imogen Claire
    The Viper
    O.D. Pederson

    Director
    Matthew Chapman

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