The Bitch (film)
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Director Gerry OHara Duration Country United Kingdom | 2.8/10 Genre Drama, Romance Screenplay Gerry OHara Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1979 Cast (Fontaine Khaled), Antonio Cantafora (Nico Cantafora (as Michael Coby)), (Thrush Feather), (Arnold Rinstead)Similar movies All Ladies Do It , Student Services , The Key , Zandalee , The Lover , Sexual Chronicles of a French Family Tagline After the Stud |
The Bitch is a British film released in 1979. It is a sequel to The Stud (1978), and both films were based on novels by British author Jackie Collins. Like its predecessor, the film starred her sister, Joan Collins, as Fontaine Khaled.
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Plot
Fontaine Khaled (Collins) is the owner of a trendy London disco who is now facing financial problems. At the same time, she also has to deal with the various men in her life, as well as the Mafia.
Reception
Although both The Stud and The Bitch were generally panned by critics, they were nevertheless both commercial successes and helped to revive Joan Collins' career. In 1981, her performance in The Stud/The Bitch attracted the attention of Aaron Spelling and Esther and Richard Shapiro when they were looking for an actress to play the part of Alexis Carrington in their TV series Dynasty.
The film was banned from local cinema screens by Tameside Council, near Manchester, at the time of its release.
Music
The film features a disco soundtrack, the theme song to the film performed by The Olympic Runners became a UK Top 40 hit single in August 1979.
Tracks included:
References
The Bitch (film) WikipediaThe Bitch (film) IMDb The Bitch (film) themoviedb.org