Main Cast: Emily Lloyd, Kiefer Sutherland, Patsy Kensit, Keith Allen, Liz Fraser
Release Year: 1990
Country: UK
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Director Bernard Rose and screenwriter David Yallop were inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as The Cleft Chin Murder Case, after a London cabbie was found murdered. It was a sensation in England, where American soldier Karl Hulten and British showgirl Elizabeth Maud Jones became household names -- even beating out news of the war. 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 crime spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime -- murder. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Alexandra Pigg - Violet; Ralph Nossek - Inspector Tansil; Colin Bruce - Robert DeMott; Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Inspector Tarr; Harry Fowler - Morry; John Junkin - George Heath; Niven Boyd - Reporter; John Dair - John; Janet Dale - Mrs. Cook; Karen Gledhill - 4th Reporter; Stevenson Hancock - Doctor; Gerard Horan - John Wilkins; Richard Ireson - 1st Reporter; John Lahr - Radio Commentator; Hugh Millais - US Colonel; Angela Morant - Customer; Gary Parker - 3rd Reporter; Malcolm Terris - 2nd Reporter; John Surman - Mr. Cook; Leo Davis; John Lyons; Harry Jones - Taxi Driver
Credit
Richard Holland - Art Director, Peter Russell - Art Director, Jane Frazer - Associate Producer, Leo Davis - Casting, Warren Heyes - Choreography, Bob Ringwood - Costume Designer, Bernard Rose - Director, Dan Rae - Editor, Shirley Walker - Composer (Music Score), Hans Zimmer - Composer (Music Score), Gerry Butler - Musical Direction/Supervision, Mitchell Parish - Songwriter, Alan Boyle - Makeup, Gemma Jackson - Production Designer, Mike Southon - Cinematographer, Tim Bevan - Producer, Lia Cramer - Set Designer, Gareth Milne - Stunts, David Yallop - Screenwriter, Louis Prima - Musical Performer, Glenn Miller - Featured Music
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 crime drama directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop. Director Bernard Rose and screenwriter David Yallop were inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, famously known as The Cleft Chin Murder Case, after a London cabbie was found murdered. It was a sensation in England, where American soldier Karl Hulten and British showgirl Elizabeth Maud Jones became household names—even beating out news of the war. 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 crime spree of petty crimes. With luck on their side, the spree keeps escalating, until Betty urges Karl to commit the ultimate crime—murder.
