By no means awful, but it is pretty tiresome. JUST A GIGOLO features David Bowie as a WWI vet who returns home to find that he really has no skills and no prospects...thus his turn to the titled profession. Bowie is pretty good, if a bit too subdued, while the supporting cast, including Sydne Rome, Kim Novak and Maria Schell act, act, act! They're fun to watch, just out of step with Bowie. Directed by actor David Hemmings, the film has a bleached out, depressing look to it and yet, a lot of humor gets through, particularly whenever Rome, as a zonked out would be movie starlet, is on screen. Marlene Dietrich pops up for a brief moment, and despite her advanced age, looks pretty good. It's slow going, but after a dull first hour, it manages to entertain.
Review of Just a Gigolo
