American Gigolo write the series for Showtime. American Gigolo American Gigolo is a 1980 American crime drama film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton. It tells the story about a high-priced male escort in Los Angeles who becomes romantically involved with a prominent politician's wife while simultaneously becoming the prime suspect in a murder case. The film is notable for establishing Gere as a leading man, and was one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to include frontal male nudity from its main star. It is also notable for its Golden Globe Award-nominated musical score,
American Gigolo (soundtrack) 1978) where Gere's character Julian goes to find Leon, his pimp. The Giorgio Moroder instrumental "The Seduction (Love Theme)" was also recorded by German bandleader James Last as a saxophone tune featuring David Sanborn (uncredited). This cover version peaked at number 28 in the "Billboard" Hot 100 in May 1980. "American Gigolo" was one of two soundtrack albums to be written and produced by Moroder in 1980, the other being "Foxes", which included Donna Summer's hit single "On the Radio" as well as tracks by Janis Ian and Cher. In 1979, Moroder had won an Academy Award for Original Music