The Happy Hooker (1975)

Director:

Nicholas Sgarro

Writers:

Yvonne Dunleavy (book)
Xaviera Hollander (novel)

Genre:

Biography | Comedy

Tagline:

You know about sex. Now learn about life.

Plot:

Having emigrated to New York and immediately got the kiss-off from her mother-besotted fiance, a Dutch...

Plot Keywords:

Dominatrix | Part Of Trilogy | Hooker | Prostitution | Independent Film

Cast

Lynn Redgrave	...	Xaviera Hollander
Jean-Pierre Aumont	...	Yves St. Jacques
Lovelady Powell	...	Madelaine
Tom Poston	...	J. Arthur Conrad
Nicholas Pryor	...	Carl Gordon
Elizabeth Wilson	...	Mrs. Gordon
Conrad Janis	...	Fred
Richard Lynch	...	The Cop
Owen Hollander	...	Lt. Taggert
Barton Heyman	...	Dirty Harry
Matthew Cowles	...	Albert Ruffleson
Denise Galik	...	Cynthia
Trish Hawkins	...	Chris
Pal Henry	...	Aurora
Donna Mitchell	...	Lucille

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (1977) | USA:R

Company:

Cannon Films

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Nip/Tuck: Hannah Tedesco (#3.9)" (2005)

And this was R rated because...?

Purportedly this is supposed to be a film version of Xavier Hollander's X rated book. What you get is a PG version of it! Seriously--what were they thinking? A good strong R rated version of her book could have been made but this one wimps out completely. There's no sex and no nudity (unless you count a shot of a guys butt as nudity). It's sanitized to the point where you could have gotten Julie Andrews to do it! There's talk about sex but it's hardly explicit and certainly not enough to warrant an R rating. Even worse it's pretty dull. Hard to believe that a movie about a woman who was a prostitute could be dull--but it is! Lynn Redgrave gives a very good performance (that's why i give this a 3) but that's not enough to recommend this. The sequels were much more explicit (and more fun). Not worth anyone's time.