The Princess and the Call Girl
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| Directed by | Radley Metzger |
| Screenplay by | Radley Metzger |
| Story by | Pierre Serbie |
| Based on | Frontispiece, a French story similar to Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper |
| Produced by | Victor Béniard Louis Wolff |
| Starring | Carol Levy Victor Bevine Shannah Hall Chris Beach Noel Cohen Christina Swing Scott Plank Steve Gadler |
| Cinematography | Gérard Loubeau |
| Edited by | Scott Vickrey |
Production companies | Highbridge Productions Naja Films |
| Distributed by | Manley Films Roadshow Home Video Image Entertainment Playboy Channel First Run Features |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Language | English |
The Princess and the Call Girl is a 1984 American erotic comedy drama film directed by Radley Metzger[1][2][3] and based on a French story, Frontispiece, by Pierre Serbie, that is similar to Mark Twain's novel The Prince and the Pauper.[4][5]
Plot
Two women, who look alike, one very rich and one very poor, decide to briefly switch roles to see the consequences.
Cast
- Carol Levy as Audrey Swallow/Lucy Darling
- Victor Bevine as Steve
- Shannah Hall as Diane
- Chris Beach as Calvin
- Noel Cohen as Andrew
- Christina Swing as Vanessa
- Scott Plank as Stanley
- Steve Gadler as Herb
Reception
Film reviewer Gary Morris notes that the star of The Princess and the Call Girl film, Carol Levy, has some "charming moments".[6][7] The film, according to another reviewer, is "cheerfully fluffy and consistently erotic ... outside of his Henry Paris titles, [the film] stands as Metzger's funniest achievement ... a fitting epilogue for the age of sexual freedom; they may not make 'em like this anymore, but as long as these films continue to be appreciated, viewers can relive the experience and have quite a few good, hearty laughs along the way".[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ Bentley, Toni (August 7, 2014). "The Art Cinema Erotica of Radley Metzger". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ↑ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris". Playboy. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Bentley, Toni (June 2014). "The Legend of Henry Paris" (PDF). ToniBentley.com. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
- ↑ Staff (2017). "The Princess and the call girl". Copyright Encyclopedia. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Staff. "Radley Metzger - Little Mother, The Cat and the Canary, The Princess and the Call Girl". Mondo-Digital.com. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ↑ Morris, Gary (November 1, 1999). "Metzger Madness - The Dirty Girls, Carmen Baby and The Princess and the Call Girl". ImagesJournal.com. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
- ↑ Morris, Gary (November 1, 1999). "Radley Metzger: The Dirty Girls, Carmen Baby, The Princess and the Call Girl on DVD". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
External links
- The Princess and the Call Girl at MUBI (related to The Criterion Collection)
- The Princess and the Call Girl at IMDb
