Hustle (1975)
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Genres - Drama, Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Police Detective Film, Post-Noir (Modern Noir) |
Release Date - Dec 25, 1975 (USA) |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner
Director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) re-unites with Burt Reynolds for this hard-edged neo-noir. Lieutenant Phil Gaines (Reynolds) is a cynical Los Angeles police detective amorously involved with an icewater-veined Parisian call girl, Nicole Britton (Catherine Deneuve). On the job, he begins to investigate the shady death of a teenage girl that appears to lead straight to Leo Sellers (Eddie Albert), an attorney with a frightening number of connections. The problem is, Nicole herself has a direct connection to the case - Leo is one of her clients. Meanwhile, Marty Hollinger (Ben Johnson), the victim's father, decides to undertake a grassroots investigation of his own - little realizing that his seemingly murdered daughter was in up to her neck with prostitution, porno movie acting, and dancing as a stripper, facts which suggest that she may have offed herself.
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police-detective, investigation, girl, suicide, conspiracy, cover-up, father, lawyer, prostitute/prostitution