Main Cast: Ronny Cox, Frank Gorshin, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Trish VanDevere, Carrie Fisher, Robin Wright Penn, H.B. Haggerty
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This attempt at parodying a world of hookers, child pornographers, and drug cartels never quite gets off the ground. Though these topics are not inherently amusing, director Penelope Spheeris takes the plot of Hardcore as a springboard and develops a few parallel stories that are meant to be funny. Pauline Stanton (Trish Van DeVere) is desperately hoping to rescue her daughter Lori (Robin Wright) who is working for the evil Walsh (Frank Gorshin) as a call-girl. As some policemen work on trying to get the goods on Walsh and send him up for white slave trading, another policewoman is involved in trying to bring down a child pornographer in her neighborhood. Yet another cop, detective Romero (H.B. Haggerty) is after a New York mob boss. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Ben Frank - Daley; Evan Kim - Chang; Joey Travolta - Stevens; Cec Verrell - Judy; Julius Harris - Jesse; Robert Miano - Lucchesi; Marvin Kaplan - Man with doll; Alonzo Brown, Jr. - Overnight Man; Eloy Casados - Chavez; Tom Everett - Miller; Robin Harlan - 4th Gooker; Dorie Krum - 3rd Hooker; Dorothy Meyer - Heavyset Woman; Larry Mintz - Daniello; Irvin Mosley - Male with Jesse; Loyda Ramos - Veronica; Phil Rubenstein - Detective; Alice Spivak - Betty's Mother; Beau Starr - Farber; Logan Carter - Hooker; Nova China - 2nd Tranvestite; Sandie Crisp - Charlene; Richard L. Duran - Nasty Man; George Fauntleroy - 3rd Transvestite; Rick Garia - 1st Hood; Vaughn Jelks - Tommy Hawkins; Bitten Knudsen - Lucchesi's girl Friend; Ameliia Lesniak - Linda; Rico Mancini - 2nd Hood; Lisa Maruer - 1st Hooker; Molly Matthiesen - 2nd Hooker; David Patch - Pornographer; Fred Pierce - Hairdresser; Michele Rogers - Candy; Claudia Templeton - 1st Hooker; Howie Weiner - Night Clerk
Credit
Jill M. Ohanneson - Costume Designer, Penelope Spheeris - Director, John Bowey - Editor, Michael Convertino - Composer (Music Score), Keith Levine - Composer (Music Score), Chris Spedding - Composer (Music Score), Chris Spedding - Songwriter, Michael Corenblith - Production Designer, John Hendricks - Cinematographer, Joao Fernandes - Cinematographer, Sandy Howard - Producer, Arnold H. Orgolini - Producer, Mel Pearl - Producer, Donna Stamps - Set Designer, James J. Docherty - Screenwriter
