American Gigolo 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, composed by Giorgio Moroder, and
Gigolo (The Damned song) clip directed by Gerard de Thame helped the single reach No. 29. MCA also issued the single in Australia, Germany, Italy and Spain. The B-side instrumental track "The Portrait" was used in the episode "A Womb with a View" of the television series "Moonlighting". The extended version of "The Portrait" (on the 12" single) contained a sample of the Bernard Hermann-penned untitled theme song from the film "Portrait of Jennie". Bonus track on 12" single: Gigolo (The Damned song) "Gigolo" was a single by the Damned, released 23 January 1987 on the MCA label. The single was released in a