Saint Jack
"People make love for so many crazy reasons-- why shouldn't money be one of them?" - The Gospel According To Saint Jack
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4/27/1979Runtime
115 minsGenres
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Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
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EnglishBudget
$2,000,000Revenue
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A morally murky portrait of an American drifter chasing wealth and respectability in colonial Singapore, navigating complicity, exploitation, and the false promise of the good life. The film observes its protagonist's compromises with a steady, unflinching gaze.
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