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Fontaine (Dame Joan Collins) is the London wife of Benjamin (Walter Gotell), a wealthy Arab businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, “The Hobo”, and partying. She hires a handsome manager, Tony (Oliver Tobias), to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on his satisfying her nymphomaniacal demands. Soon he loses interest in her, as she treats him like a plaything, and turns his attention to her young stepdaughter Alexandra (Emma Jacobs), who uses him to get back at Fontaine after she discovers their video tape having sex in their private elevator, essentially cheating on her father. |
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| Ratings: | IMDB: 3.9/10 | |
| Released: | April 12, 1978 | |
| Runtime: | 90 min | |
| Genres: | Drama Romance | |
| Countries: | United Kingdom | |
| Companies: | Brent Walker Film Productions Artoc Corporate Services Stud Film Productions Artoc Films Brent Walker Film Productions | |
| Cast: | Joan Collins Oliver Tobias Mark Burns Sue Lloyd | |
| Crew: | Jackie Collins Dave Humphries Christopher Stagg Quentin Masters | |
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Never understood why this gets such a low IMDb score - a story of class based snobbery and revenge against a backdrop of wonderfully camp London disco scenes, a brief detour into Parisian decadence and a cracking disco soundtrack. Maybe it’s the barrage of advertising through film posters and albums that I devoured as an adolescent in 1978 which at the time seemed so mysterious and forbidden, but along with its sequel ‘The Bitch’ I do have a soft spot for The Stud.
PS > the ‘adult material’ tag really reflects the state of British censorship in 1978 and will seem very tame for today’s jaded palette.