Synopsis
American Gigolo (1980) is Paul Schrader's sleek crime drama, available to watch online on iFILM. Julian Kaye is the most expensive male escort in Beverly Hills — flawless wardrobe, six languages, zero attachment. Then one of his clients turns up dead and the police decide he's their man.
The role made Richard Gere a star. A man who has built his life on selling intimacy without feeling anything suddenly faces a frame he can't charm his way out of. His one real alibi would expose a married lover, Michelle (Lauren Hutton), the wife of a powerful senator. As Detective Sunday leans on him and his old patrons quietly vanish, Julian watches a setup close in around him.
Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver, turns the murder plot into a study of a cold operator falling for someone for the first time. Giorgio Armani's wardrobe defined the era's look, while Giorgio Moroder's icy synth score and Blondie's "Call Me" became classics in their own right. A stylish slow burn for anyone into late-'70s noir and early Gere. Stream American Gigolo (1980) online on iFILM.
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