The Stud (1978)

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Jackie Collins wrote the best-selling novel The Stud. Her sister Joan Collins starred in the 1978 film version of The Stud. The producer on the film was Joan Collins' then-husband Ron Kass. Need we say more? Well, there is a plot, involving the insatiable Joan's sexual hold over a handsome… More Jackie Collins wrote the best-selling novel The Stud. Her sister Joan Collins starred in the 1978 film version of The Stud. The producer on the film was Joan Collins' then-husband Ron Kass. Need we say more? Well, there is a plot, involving the insatiable Joan's sexual hold over a handsome nightclub manager Oliver Tobias. And there was a sequel, also written by Jackie and starring Joan, titled The Bitch. Need we say more now? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Directed By: Quentin Masters
Genres: Drama

In Theaters: Sep 28, 1978 Wide

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, Time Out
This is a dreadful film.
, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Too mild to qualify as soft-core pornography, the film suffers from an implausible story line that makes it of little interest to audiences generally.
, Film4
Terrible acting, dire script and very unsexy, The Stud is one more reason to be thankful the 1970s are over.

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Emily A

This is kind of a depressing film. I saw it during an all-night grindhouse event, and even the thrill of seeing a pink-tinged crummy print of this borderline porn film didn't bolster it any. You know, I actually quite liked Tony the Gigolo, though that might have just been… More
This is kind of a depressing film. I saw it during an all-night grindhouse event, and even the thrill of seeing a pink-tinged crummy print of this borderline porn film didn't bolster it any. You know, I actually quite liked Tony the Gigolo, though that might have just been the result of a process of elimination. He's not the nicest guy in the world, but he seems to be drowning in a cesshole of selfish, rich, spoiled evil sluts who seem to have been pulled straight from the Laclos novel. Joan Collins plays a horrible and entitled rich skank who, though married, seeks sex anywhere else and takes great pleasure in being smarmy and insincere. I think the biggest problem with this film is that it centers on Tony, who, though he is a likeable character, doesn't come out on top in the end. This film is a picture of his slow downfall and his loss of everything important to him, which would be delicious is he were a disgusting slimeball, but he's not. This movie's main character is really its villain: Joan Collins' character, Fontaine. In which case, the story should revolve around her as well, and the audience should be allowed to see past her veneer of flippant and catty wit and see the deep and pathetic insecurity that it obviously conceals. Maybe that happens in its sequel, but I don't even want to see it. This movie could have been salvaged if it had been a hardcore porn picture. At least pure carnal pleasure is some sort of pleasure to be gotten from that, but instead we are left with faux sensuousness between reprehensible characters. It's all very depressing, actually. It's so strange to watch a movie and be consumed by all the ways it could have been better, but wasn't. I'd like to personally overhaul this picture in several different directions.

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Cast

Joan Collins
as Fontaine Khaled
Oliver Tobias
as Tony Blake
Emma Jacobs
as Alexandra Khaled
Sue Lloyd
as Vanessa
Walter Gotell
as Ben Khaled
Mark Burns
as Leonard
Natalie Ogle
as Maddy
Felicity Buirski
as Deborah
Doug Fisher
as Sammy
Tony Allyn
as Hal
Peter Lukas
as Ian Thane
Constantin de Goguel
as Lord Newton
Guy Ward
as Peter
Minah Bird
as Molly
Bernard Stone
as Dad
Hugh Morton
as Staton
Howard Nelson
as Sandro
Sarah Lawson
as Anne Khaled
Leonard Trolley
as Doctor
Jeremy Child
as Lawyer Scott
Franco Derosa
as Franco
Shango Baku
as Flowers
Tania Rogers
as Janine
Michael Barrington
as Vicar
Rynagh O'Grady
as Meter Maid
Edmond Warwick
as Tailor
Robert Tayman
as Mario
Giorgio Bosso
as Chef
Hilda Fenemore
as Tony's mother
Sharon Fussey
as Denise
Margo Thomas
as Mamie
Del Baker
as 2nd thane thug
Peter Dennis
as Marc

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