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Saint Jack

Play trailer Poster for Saint Jack R,  1979,  1h 52m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 80% 15 Reviews Tomatometer 76% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
80% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Jack Flowers is an American pimp in Singapore, and, although his livelihood is unsavory, he is not morally bankrupt, and makes friends with auditor William. Jack yearns for more than the small-time, though -- his ambition is to open an entire bordello. Meanwhile, he gets the squeeze put on him by the local mob for his business dealings, and, to achieve his dream of luxury, he may need to assist in a sinister deal by the CIA to take some compromising photographs.

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Frank Rich TIME Magazine Jul 18, 2008
If Saint Jack is not another complete embarrassment for Bogdanovich, it nonetheless reveals his deficiencies as a film maker. Go to Full Review
Variety Staff Variety Jul 18, 2008
Well crafted, finely acted, and conjures up a positively intriguing milieu. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 9, 2005
2/5
One wishes it were more outrageous and less knowing. Go to Full Review
Jesse Cataldo Spectrum Culture Apr 26, 2022
Shooting halfway around the world, director Peter Bogdanovich manages to reinvent his style in a minor key with Saint Jack, while retaining the love of sparkling dialogue, gag work, and interpretive pastiche that defined his career. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Jun 25, 2021
4/5
...a brilliant character study of a reprehensible man who is also a decent human being... Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Dec 16, 2020
3/4
...an episodic drama that ultimately benefits quite substantially from its use of real-life Singaporean locations and the superb work of its performers... Go to Full Review
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Leia S Mar 2, 2018 cool movie that gives you the sense of the hallucinogenic war era in vietnam
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Cast & Crew

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Peter Bogdanovich

Director

Ben Gazzara

Jack Flowers

Denholm Elliott

William Leigh

James Villiers

Frogget

Joss Ackland

Yardley

Rodney Bewes

Smale

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Saint Jack

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Movie Info

Synopsis Jack Flowers is an American pimp in Singapore, and, although his livelihood is unsavory, he is not morally bankrupt, and makes friends with auditor William. Jack yearns for more than the small-time, though -- his ambition is to open an entire bordello. Meanwhile, he gets the squeeze put on him by the local mob for his business dealings, and, to achieve his dream of luxury, he may need to assist in a sinister deal by the CIA to take some compromising photographs.
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
Producer
Roger Corman
Screenwriter
Howard Sackler, Peter Bogdanovich, Paul Theroux
Production Co
Copa Del Oro, Playboy Productions Inc., Shoals Creek
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 27, 1979, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2018
Runtime
1h 52m
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