Scandalous (1984)
A comedy about adultery, blackmail, murder - and other indoor sports.
An investigative reporter following an espionage story goes to London and gets involved with murder, scam artists and rock concerts.
Casting
- Robert Hays — Frank Swedlin
- Ron Travis — Porno Director
- M. Emmet Walsh — Simon Reynolds
- John Gielgud — Uncle Willie
- Ed Dolan — Purser
- Paul Reeve — Flight Co-Ordinator
- Aleta Kennedy — Stewardess
- Pamela Stephenson — Fiona Maxwell Sayle
- Nancy Wood — Lindsay Manning
- Kevin Elyot — Matt
- Duncan Preston — Hal
- Maureen Bennett — Patti
Interesting facts
Scandalous is a 1984 British-American comedy film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Robert Hays, John Gielgud and Pamela Stephenson. Cohen said it was the film "where my career will be determined."
Production
The film was based on a play by Larry Cohen. He adapted the play into a screenplay and sold it. According to Cohen, "after acquiring the script, the company once again did me the favor of changing everything around and screwing everything up! I thought Scandalous was an utterly dismal movie... If you have an actor as distinguished as John Gielgud in your cast, you should at least give him some material that is worthy of his talent.
Cohen says that when he met Stephenson "she was wearing a leather mini-dress, her hair was spiked out two feet above her head, and I had a feeling she could radiate a sense of the outrageous."
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, England, UK (studio)
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