The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)

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When a sex scandal threatens to blow the top off Washington politics, celebrated madame and advice columnist Xaviera Hollander (Joey Heatherton) is drawn into the fray. The hooker at the center of the controversy is a friend, and when the girl conveniently disappears, Xaviera is outraged. Meanwhile,… More When a sex scandal threatens to blow the top off Washington politics, celebrated madame and advice columnist Xaviera Hollander (Joey Heatherton) is drawn into the fray. The hooker at the center of the controversy is a friend, and when the girl conveniently disappears, Xaviera is outraged. Meanwhile, a group of senators attempts to deflect public attention from themselves by holding a series of hearings on sexual excesses in American society. They decide to scapegoat "The Happy Hooker" for her well-publicized exploits, and she is subpoenaed as a hostile witness in their crusade against loose values. Though Xaviera isn't concerned, her attorney (George Hamilton) warns her that vital issues of censorship and personal freedom are at stake. They fly to Washington D.C., where Xaviera's irreverent testimony breathes some life into the stuffy proceedings. She tweaks the sensibilities of the senators (David White, Phil Foster, Jack Carter and Ray Walston) and holds their hypocrisy up to the daylight. Halfway through the hearings, Xaviera is kidnapped by an undercover CIA agent (Billy Barty) and pressed into service for her country. She is secretly sent to Miami to seduce a politically important (and impotent) Arabian sheik (Jerry Fischer), and while doing her duty discovers the missing hooker among his harem. Xaviera returns to Washington and triumphantly discredits the senate sub-committee by exposing its members as perverts and white slavers, thus saving erotic freedom for Americans everywhere. Joe E. Ross, Larry Storch and Rip Taylor are among the celebrities who make cameos in this mild ribaldry. ~ Fred Beldin, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 29 min.
Directed By: Nicholas Sgarro, William A. Levey
Genres: Classics, Comedy

On DVD: Jul 17, 2007

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Cast

            Joey Heatherton as Xaviera Hollander

            George Hamilton as Ward Thompson

            Ray Walston as Sen. Sturges

            Rip Torn
            
            Jack Carter as Sen. Caruso

            Phil Foster as Sen. Krause

            David White as Sen. Rawlings

            Billy Barty
            
            Adam West
            
            Lynn Redgrave as Xaviera Hollander

            Jean-Pierre Aumont as Yves St. Jacques

            Lovelady Powell as Madelaine

            Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Gordon

            Tom Poston as J. Arthur Conrad

            Conrad Janis as Fred

            Richard Lynch as The Cop

            Owen Hollander as Lt. Taggert

            Inga Bunsch as Finch

            Stefan Schnabel as Elderly Gentleman

            Lee Wallace as Mr. Knowlton

            Gwyda DonHowe as Mrs. Knowlton

            George Dzundza as Chet

            Dorothy Fox as Rosita

            Barton Heyman as Dirty Harry

            Darlene Parks as April

            Trish Hawkins as Chris

            Mary Olga as Rosie

            Mason Adams
            
            Matthew Cowles as Albert

            William Duell as Meek Man

            Denise Galik as Cynthia

            Pat Henry as Aurora

            Donna Mitchell as Lucille

            Anita Morris as Linda Jo or May

            Murray Moston as Customs Officer

            Rochelle Oliver as Norma

            Nicholas Pryor as Carl Gordon

            Dan Resin as Under-Secretary

            Kenneth Tigar as Steve

            Allan Rich as Desk Sergeant

            Vincent Schiavelli as Geru

            Sharon Laughlin as Nadine

            Florence Tarlow as Petulia
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