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Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl poster
Directed by
Bernard Rose
Genre
drama film, crime film, neo-noir, historical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young American soldier and a British showgirl meet in wartime London and start a reckless relationship that leads to violent crime. The story follows their descent into lawlessness based on real events.

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What happens

Chicago Joe and the Showgirl is a 1990 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Rose and written by David Yallop, inspired by the real-life Hulten/Jones murder case of 1944, otherwise known as the Cleft Chin Murder. The film stars Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Lloyd. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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