Cafe Society Movie Review 1997

The fictional nightclub El Casbah is the setting for director De Felitta's debut take on a 1952 New York prostitution scandal. Wealthy young playboy Mickey Jelke (Whaley) prefers to mix with lowlifes rather than high society. Newcomer Jack Kale (Gallagher) is working the scene and turns out to be an undercover cop investigating a prostiution ring operating out of the clubs. Jack befriends both Mickey and his latest girlfriend, in-the-know Patricia Ward (Boyle), who's not above selling her favors. Then patsy Jelke gets indicted as a pimp and all cafe society's tawdriness is exposed.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 104 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Contemporary Noir, True Stories, Period Piece: 1950s, New York, New York, Oldest Profession, Cops, Nightclubs

Screenplay

Raymond De Felitta

Cast

Peter Gallagher, Frank Whaley, Lara Flynn Boyle, John Spencer, Anna Thomson, David Patrick Kelly, Paul Guilfoyle

Cinematography

Mike Mayers

Director

Raymond De Felitta

Music

Chris Guardino

Producer

Steve Alexander, Elan Sassoon, Carl-Jan Colpaert, Jim Steele, Skyline Entertainment Partners, Shooting Gallery, Cineville