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Saint Jack

"People make love for so many crazy reasons-- why shouldn't money be one of them?" - The Gospel According To Saint Jack

1979 · 1h 52m · R Drama
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich

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Overview

Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.

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If Saint Jack is not another complete embarrassment for Bogdanovich, it nonetheless reveals his deficiencies as a film maker.

Frank Rich, TIME Magazine
Fresh

Well crafted, finely acted, and conjures up a positively intriguing milieu.

Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten

One wishes it were more outrageous and less knowing.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten

Hard to imagine how anyone could make less of such a promising subject.

Time Out

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