--- title: 'American Gigolo (1980)' type: 'film' director: 'Paul Schrader' released: '1980-01-01' runtime_minutes: 112 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Mystery' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-gigolo-1980' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080365/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # American Gigolo (1980) 1980 · R · 112 min · Drama, Mystery, Crime · United States ## Synopsis American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story of a high-priced escort in Los Angeles (Gere) who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife (Hutton), while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case. ## Credits - **Director:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader) - **Screenplay:** [Paul Schrader](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-schrader) - **Original Music Composer:** [Giorgio Moroder](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgio-moroder) - **Director of Photography:** [John Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bailey) - **Editor:** [Richard Halsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-halsey) ## Cast - [Héctor Elizondo](https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-elizondo) - [Richard Derr](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-derr) - [William Dozier](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dozier) - [Carole Cook](https://cinepixo.com/people/carole-cook) - [Macdonald Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/macdonald-carey) - [Bill Duke](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-duke) - [Richard Gere](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gere) - [E. Brian Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-brian-davies) - [Nina van Pallandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-van-pallandt) - [Frances Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-bergen) - [Carol Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/carol-bruce) - [Lauren Hutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/lauren-hutton) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/american-gigolo-1980 Film facts: Wikidata (Q692720); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.