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Hussy (Original title)
Date: May 1980 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Matthew Chapman

Synopsis: Contemporary story set in a London Hostess Club.

Genre:
Crime
Releases
Date: May 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8435 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Watchgrove

Credits (26)
Production Company: Berwick Street Films 'D', Production Company: Boyd's Company, Executive Producer: Don Boyd, Producer: Jeremy Watt, Production Manager: Buzz Besgrove, Location co-ordinator: Richard Craven, Production Assistant: Caroline Hagen, Assistant Director: Gino Marotta, Assistant Director: Michael Hamlyn, Assistant Director: John Watson, Script: Matthew Chapman, Photography: Keith Goddard, Camera Operator: Peter Sinclair, Editor: Bill Blunden, Production Designer: Hazel Peiser, Assistant Art Director: Keith Liddiard, Costumes: Michael Baldwin, Make-up: Debbie Scragg, Music composed and conducted: George Fenton, Lyrics: Victoria Tennant, Choreography: Bob Chandler, Sound Recording: John Sanders, Sound Re-recording: Mike Crouch, Sound Editor: Paul Carr, Unit Publicist: Geoffrey Freeman
Cast (46)
Helen Mirren (Beaty Simons), John Shea (Emory Cole), Daniel Chasin (Billy Simons), Murray Salem (Max), Paul Angelis (Alex), Jenny Runacre (Vere), Patti Boulaye (Tama), Marika Rivera (Nadine), Hal Galili (Big Shot), Sandy Ratcliff (Olympia), Jill Melford (Hope, Chief Hostess), Andy Pantelidou (Pino, Gantry Boy), Malcolm Reynolds (Laurie, Gantry boy), Linda Polan (Marlene), Janet Amsden (Sacha), Vanessa Furse (Gucci Gaby), Amanda Waldy (Daisy), O.D. Pederson (The Viper), Charles Yates (Charles), William Hootkins (Fatman), Anthony Bailey (Jackson), Peter Geddes (Shopkeeper), Rupert Frazer (Young Punter), April Olrich (Rene), Imogen Claire (Imogen), Robin Corbet (Bouncer at Sappho's), Jo Maxwell Muller (Daniels), Ric Young (Chinese Hood), Chris Sullivan (1st Yachtsman), Stephen Wright (2nd Yachtsman), Shelley Borkum, Nita Cordery, Judy Hepburn, Pamela Merrick, Anna Mottram, Elena Secota (hostess), Jim Linton, Jenny Kearney, Helen Sparks, Leslie Guinn, Sue Rittman, Tina Darnell, Annette Paris, Vivienne Cox, Sally Macleod (Dancer), Marie Lorraine (Hostess)