''Emmanuelle in Soho'' is a 1981 British

sex film Pornographic films (pornos), erotic films, sex films, and 18+ films are films that present Human sexual activity, sexually WIKT:explicit, explicit subject matter in order to sexual arousal, arouse and orgasm, satisfy the viewer. Pornography, ...

directed by David Hughes and produced by David Sullivan, and starring Angie Quick (under the name 'Mandy Miller'), Julie Lee and John M. East. Sullivan had originally intended

Mary Millington Mary Ruth Maxted (née Quilter; 30 November 1945 – 19 August 1979), known professionally as Mary Millington from 1974 onwards, was an English model and pornographic actress. Her appearance in the short softcore film ''Sex is My Business'' ...

to star in the film. The film tells the story of half-Chinese Kate Benson (played by Lee) and her photographer husband Paul (Kevin Fraser) who share their Bayswater home with a nymphomaniac stripper, Emmanuelle (played by Quick). The two women attempt to find work in the sex industry in London's

Soho Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century. The area was develop ...

district, and get mixed up with a sleazy, and unscrupulous theatrical agent, Bill Anderson (played by East). The film premiered in Sheffield and transferred to London where it ran for 10 weeks at the Eros cinema on Piccadilly Circus followed by 25 weeks at the Moulin in

Great Windmill Street Great Windmill Street is a thoroughfare running north–south in Soho, London, crossed by Shaftesbury Avenue. The street has had a long association with music and entertainment, most notably the Windmill Theatre, and is now home to the Ripley ...

. There is also a hardcore versions of this film - such a version was released in Hong Kong cinemas where it ran for nearly three years. The US release included a 6-minute mini-documentary prologue about the sex industry in Soho.

Cast

* Angie Quick as Emmanuelle of Soho * Julie Lee as Kate Benson * John M. East as Bill Anderson * Kevin Fraser as Paul Benson * Gavin Clare as Mr. Cole * Timothy Blackstone as Derek * Geraldine Hooper as Jill * Anita Desmarais as Sheila Burnette * Georges Waser as Tom Poluski * Erika Lea as Judy * Kathy Green as Sammy * Suzanne Richens as a Showgirl * John Roach as Albert

Reception

''Emmanuelle in Soho'' was one of the last British softcore films to receive a theatrical release before the abolition of the

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and the growth of

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led to the virtual disappearance of British low-budget exploitation film-making. In a contemporary review, the ''

Monthly Film Bulletin ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with ''Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a ...

'' described the film as "of marginal interest for its unabashed portrait of the neighbourhood's tawdry illicit wares". The review noted that the "slipshod scripting is about par for the course".

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Julie Lee: Driven (The Grindhouse Effect)
1981 films 1980s sex comedy films 1980s English-language films British sex comedy films 1981 comedy films 1980s British films {{erotic-comedy-film-stub

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