by John Bush
synopsis
This film adaptation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's musical play The Threepenny Opera portrays the engagement of a gangster (Raul Julia) to an innocent girl (Rachel Robertson) in Victorian-era London. The girl's family attempts to thwart the marriage by catching the thief in the act.
characteristics
- Parent
- Marriage
- Love
- Hooker
- Police
- Prostitute/prostitution
- Woman
- Whore
- Underworld
- Streetwalker
- Entrapment
- Engagement
- Cop
- Call-girl
- Bad-guy
