| Emmanuelle in Soho | |
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| Directed by | David Hughes |
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| Produced by | John M. East[1] |
| Cinematography | Don Lord[1] |
| Edited by | David Woodward[1] |
| Music by | Barry Kirsch[1] |
Production company | Roldvale[1] |
| Distributed by | Tigon[1] |
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Running time | 67 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom[1] |
Emmanuelle in Soho is a 1981 British sex film directed by David Hughes and produced by David Sullivan, and starring Angie Quick (under the name 'Mandy Miller'), Julie Lee and John M. East.[2] Sullivan had originally intended Mary Millington to star in the film.[3]
The film tells the story of half-Chinese Kate Benson (played by Lee) and her photographer husband Paul (Kevin Fraser) who share their Bayswater home with a nymphomaniac stripper, Emmanuelle (played by Quick). The two women attempt to find work in the sex industry in London's Soho district, and get mixed up with a sleazy, and unscrupulous theatrical agent, Bill Anderson (played by East).
The film premiered in Sheffield and transferred to London where it ran for 10 weeks at the Eros cinema on Piccadilly Circus followed by 25 weeks at the Moulin in Great Windmill Street. There is also a hardcore versions of this film - such a version was released in Hong Kong cinemas where it ran for nearly three years.[4] The US release included a 6-minute mini-documentary prologue about the sex industry in Soho.[5]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pym, John (1981). "Emmanuelle in Soho". Monthly Film Bulletin. 48 (564). London: British Film Institute: 152–153.
- ^ "Emmanuelle in Soho (1981)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
- ^ Upton, Julian (2004). Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives and Lost Careers. Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 46. ISBN 9781900486385.
- ^ Simon Sheridan (9 May 2013). "Julie Lee-The Last Star of Sexploitation". Mary Millington.
- ^ Johnny Stanwyck (6 August 2018). "Emmanuelle in Soho (1981)". The Grindhouse Effect.