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Cette p... de fille de joie

Original title: The Bitch
  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 29m
IMDb RATING
3.8/10
1.3K
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Joan Collins in Cette p... de fille de joie (1979)
The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.
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The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.The owner of a trendy disco starts having problems with the men in her life and the Mafia, which is trying to move in on her place.

  • Director
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Writers
    • Jackie Collins
    • Gerry O'Hara
  • Stars
    • Joan Collins
    • Antonio Cantafora
    • Kenneth Haigh
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    3.8/10
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    • Director
      • Gerry O'Hara
    • Writers
      • Jackie Collins
      • Gerry O'Hara
    • Stars
      • Joan Collins
      • Antonio Cantafora
      • Kenneth Haigh
    • 24User reviews
    • 19Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Fontaine Khaled
    Antonio Cantafora
    Antonio Cantafora
    • Nico Cantafora
    • (as Michael Coby)
    Kenneth Haigh
    Kenneth Haigh
    • Arnold Rinstead
    Ian Hendry
    Ian Hendry
    • Thrush Feather
    Pamela Salem
    • Lynn
    Sue Lloyd
    Sue Lloyd
    • Vanessa Grant
    Mark Burns
    Mark Burns
    • Leonard Grant
    John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    • Hal Leonard
    Carolyn Seymour
    Carolyn Seymour
    • Polly Logan
    Doug Fisher
    Doug Fisher
    • Sammy
    Sharon Fussey
    • Sammy's Girl
    Peter Wight
    Peter Wight
    • Ricky
    George Sweeney
    • Sandy Roots
    Maurice Thorogood
    • Paul
    Bill Mitchell
    • Bernie
    Alibe Parsons
    Alibe Parsons
    • Bernice
    Mela White
    • Mrs Walters
    Maurice O'Connell
    • John-Jo
    • Director
      • Gerry O'Hara
    • Writers
      • Jackie Collins
      • Gerry O'Hara
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    4gridoon2025

    Does not live down to its title

    Unfortunately, "The Bitch" is neither campy enough nor trashy enough to live down to its sensational(istic) title. In fact, apart maybe from a pool-orgy sequence, it is rather quaint. Joan Collins' character is hardly even a bitch - she is just rich and liberated. She does get to flash her magnificent bare body, which should be enough to get a rise out of most viewers, but this film is more of a promo for disco music than anything else.
    jamms

    hmmmm...

    If you take "The Stud" as the height of the hedonistic campy and thrashy disco 70's then this is not your movie as it is a major let down.

    Joan Collins revives her role as the hedonistic and sexually liberated Mrs. Fontain Khaled (read as "BITCH") is now divorced after her husband found incriminating evidence of her bonking Tony (The Stud.. if you remember) and is now doing every one in sight. She must be really bored with her sex life because in a few hours of her arrival in London she screws her driver????

    And so the saga of sex and sin continues...and unfortunately the sex scenes in this movie can be summerised in one word.."AWFUL" The actors actually look so bored and lifeless it is amazing, plus there is the obligatory pool-orgy.

    The only thing to ss in this movie is when the main titles roll, and as the title song comes on, we see Joan Collins without any make up (looking as pale as a milk ). As it continues she does a total make over and by the end completes looking like the BITCH she loves to play.

    Worth only for die hard J.C. fans, but they may be disapointed.
    6sallyroberts

    70s Nostalgiafest!

    This film is really a load of tosh and a waste of Joan Collins' considerable acting talents - BUT - if you grew up in the 1970s you will have a certain nostalgic affection for it. I remember very well the iconic nightclub "Regine's" on which Fontaine Khaled's disco was based - even with the same squared dance-floor - and the fashions with lots of bright colours, flashy jewellery and designers such as Yuki.

    The dialogue is absolutely appalling and the delivery by most of the actors stilted to say the least.

    If you "suspend disbelief" and take this film for what it is; a piece of nostalgic, escapist fluff; then you are in for quite an enjoyable way of passing an evening - AND you'll enjoy all the 70s disco music!
    7Falconeer

    70's Jet Set trash film

    "The Bitch" is one of countless exploitation films dealing with the sex lives of the "jet set" crowd, (today they are known as the '1 percenters.) This film offers a tawdry look into a very decadent lifestyle, led by people with no real morals or concern for anything other than their own pleasure. Days are filled with shopping sprees at Cartier and fashion shows, and nights are spent at tacky London discos, or bed hopping. The wealthy circle is rather small, so it seems like everyone has already slept with everyone else, and everybody knows everyone's secrets. Joan Collins is admittedly very good as Fontaine Khaled, the forty-something socialite who made her financial stake by marrying an Arab billionaire, who foolishly gave her everything she could want, before he discovered her extra marital affairs, and quickly divorced her. In this film, a sequel to "The Stud," which is a better film, Fontaine must use her own "skills" to survive. And survive she does, quite well actually.

    This is super-trash on the highest level. We have violent mob bosses, nude swimming pool orgies, sex with the chauffeur, fixed horse races, jewel smuggling and endless discotheque scenes. And there is an endless display of thick mustaches, thick ties, and thick Euro accents. In fact "The Bitch" might just be the most "70's movie" ever made. Is it good? It is a bit uneven. Some might be put off by the lengthy dance sequences, while fans of the disco era styles and "Saturday Night Fever" will be entranced. "The Bitch," if nothing else, is supremely entertaining, and at times, fascinating. Of course it is all fantasy, but somehow we know that there are people who actually live like this, and this film provides a window into that World. Collins is a lot of fun here too. The first film, "The Stud" was somewhat of a commentary on how the working class are used and exploited by the upper class, and it condemns their decadent lifestyle. This sequel however, forgets all of that, and just embraces that lifestyle, and wallows in the decadence. The moral? There is none..other than "every man (or woman) for themselves, and the one who ends up with the most toys wins..

    Update Sept. 2020 The advent of Bluray technology is allowing us to see these old, neglected films, restored to their original glory. Suddenly a movie that looked cheap, ugly and incompetent, suddenly looks gorgeous. This film's restoration is truly a revelation. "The Bitch" suddenly looks like a polished Hollywood movie with high production values. Everything looks stunning, from the neon color-saturated discos to the smoky casinos. The home of Fontaine Khalad is a 70's art-deco dream, with it's gleaming chrome, mirrors and zebra rugs. Even the scenes in the English countryside become poetically beautiful..even the soundtrack has been amped up, and those fun disco songs are given life...what a difference from those old, muddy transfers from Thorne-EMI video! Both this film and it's "brother" film, "The Stud," need to be seen in their restored glory, before they are properly judged.
    4Pedro_H

    For lovers of 1970's flashy disco junk only!

    An owner of a 1970's London disco gets sexually involved with a shady medallion man who may have dangerous Mafia links.

    What a pile of junk this is! But, somehow and some way, I have a soft spot for it. A guilty pleasure that should be whispered lightly and only in limited company. It is so camp that on release it probably drove drag queen rushing towards the exits.

    It does - however - capture the 70's disco scene and fashions as well as the faceless hits that pumped out of them. Clear and brainless padding though they are.

    This is based on a (Jackie) Collins novel that shows the imagination of a newt: discos, glamour, the mob, diamonds, dancing and guys who think they look better with a thick moustache. If you were given the task of writing a script based on clichés you couldn't do better than this.

    Lead Joan Collins, only a few years before so down-on-her-luck that she was signing on the dole, takes her clothes off for about six milliseconds to reveal a pale skinny body that has seen better days, but you still would, wouldn't you?

    Everyone hated discos, even the people that went to them every week. Boring places where girls danced around handbags and every girl you spoke to was "waiting for her boyfriend." A plastic imitation of a good time. Not to mention that horrible, insisting, pounding music that made any dance floor conversation impossible. If there is a hell - it must be like a 70's disco.

    Yes, you are probably going to hate it. Yes, you won't see what the point it is. But it is like a bad war film about a war that you went through yourself and have the scars to prove it - it keeps you involved even though there is a million other things that you really should be doing.

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    • Trivia
      The movie watched by Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) and Nico Cantafora (Antonio Cantafora) on the flight to London is Le Bel Étalon (1978). Ironically, when Nico disparages the film and says he didn't know whether it was funnier with sound on or off, Fontaine dryly says "it's not meant to be funny."
    • Goofs
      When Nico Cantafora first talks to Sandy (the horse jockey) in the hallway of Vanessa's country house, Sandy pronounces Nico's surname Can-TAFF-ora. After they move into the billiards room, Sandy then pronounces it Canta-FORA.
    • Quotes

      [Paul tries to join Fontaine in the shower]

      Fontaine Khaled: Paul, I don't have time for an encore!

      Paul: Not even time to take a bow?

      Fontaine Khaled: Well - maybe just a tiny curtsey!

    • Connections
      Featured in 'The Bitch' with Gerry O'Hara (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      The Bitch
      Written by Biddu and Don Black

      Performed by Olympic Runners

      © Copyright Brent Walker Music Division

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    • Release date
      • December 1979 (Turkey)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Bitch
    • Filming locations
      • Twickenham Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Brent Walker Film Productions
      • Spritebowl-Bitch Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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