Manhattan Gigolo is an Italian exploitation film with a train wreck
of a plot, supposedly set in New York, but clearly shot in Italy
A young man joins his friend in The Big Apple. Both are wannabe actors. In
their first night on the town, they meet a popular model who takes them home
for a three-way. They later learn that there were voyeurs watching, who paid
her well for the show. One of the men lands a major Hollywood role, which
causes some problems between him and his friend, but when he returns to New
York, he finds they are both in demand as gigolos by wealthy and bored New
Yorkers. He is reluctant to continue the stud service and sex show routine.
At some point in the film, the director starts to intercut the successful
actor's ride in an ambulance
with the rest of the story. The payoff has to do with why he's in the
ambulance.
So why am I wasting your time talking about an obscure Italian film which
is poorly written and barely acted? I'll bet you can guess. Andrea Thompson
(NYPD Blue and CNN anchor) played the model and did full frontal and rear
nudity. In fact, when she landed the CNN job, some caps from this film
surfaced on the Internet, causing a scandal. Many actresses have made a film
early in their career that they later regret. That is the case with this film.
The transfer, based on the credits, is made from a French video tape, but
the sound track is badly dubbed English. The transfer quality is horrid. There
is one reason and one reason only to watch this film -- the nudity from a CNN
anchor.
