MOVIE · 1980

American Gigolo

CrimeDramaMysteryRomanceThriller117 min

Julian Kay makes his living as a high-priced escort in Los Angeles, moving through hotel suites, luxury cars, and Armani tailoring with practiced control. Richard Gere is Julian, whose carefully arranged routine starts to come apart when he begins seeing Michelle, the wife of a prominent politician, without taking payment. Lauren Hutton’s Michelle brings intimacy into a life built on transaction just as a client’s murder turns Julian into a suspect. With a detective pressing him for names and details he refuses to give, Julian starts to believe someone is setting him up.