Chicago Joe and the Showgirl

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bernard Rose
Produced by	Tim Bevan
Written by	David Yallop
Starring	Kiefer Sutherland Emily Lloyd
Music by	Hans Zimmer
Cinematography	Mike Southon
Edited by	Carlos Puente
Production company	LIVE Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release dates	July 27, 1990 (1990-07-27)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$85,395 (US)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd. The film was inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, otherwise known as the Cleft Chin Murder.

Plot

In the film, Karl Hulten (Kiefer Sutherland) is an American GI who is stalking the black market of London after stealing an army truck and going AWOL. There he meets up with Betty Jones (Emily Lloyd), a stripper with a deluded fantasy world view formed by watching a steady stream of Hollywood film noir and gangster pictures. Seeing Karl, who claims he is Chicago Joe doing advance work in London for encroaching Chicago gangsters, Betty takes the opportunity to set her fantasies to life as she connives Karl into a spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime-murder.

Cast

• John Lahr as Radio commentator
• Emily Lloyd as Betty Jones
• Liz Fraser as Mrs. Evans
• Kiefer Sutherland as Karl Hulten
• Harry Fowler as Morry
• Keith Allen as Lenny Bexley
• Patsy Kensit as Joyce Cook
• Angela Morant as Customer

External links

• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at IMDb
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at AllMovie
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl at Rotten Tomatoes