The Stud (film)

The Stud
Directed by	Quentin Masters
Produced by	Ron Kass
Written by	Dave Humphries Christopher Stagg
Based on	The Stud (novel) by Jackie Collins
Starring	Joan Collins Oliver Tobias Sue Lloyd Walter Gotell
Music by	Biddu (original score) Various (soundtrack)
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Production company	Artoc Films
Distributed by	Brent Walker Film Distributing
Release dates	30 April 1978 (UK) 28 September 1979 (U.S.)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Stud is a 1978 British film film starring Joan Collins and Oliver Tobias. It is based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Collins' younger sister Jackie Collins.

Plot

Fontaine Khaled is the London wife of a wealthy but boring businessman. She spends his money on her nightclub, Hobo, and partying. She hires a manager, Tony, to run her club, but it is understood that his job security is dependent on his satisfying her nymphomaniac demands. Tony loses interest in Fontaine, and turns his attention to her young stepdaughter, who uses him to get back at Fontaine for cheating on her father. Fontaine then dumps Tony and is divorced by her husband for adultery.

Reception

Made for $600,000 (US) it netted over $20,000,000 internationally.^[1] The sequel, The Bitch, proved to be a larger hit. Tobias later claimed that his typecasting in the film ruined his career, while Joan Collins credited the film for relaunching her own.

Cast

Joan Collins as Fontaine Khaled Oliver Tobias as Tony Blake Sue Lloyd as Vanessa Grant Walter Gotell as Benjamin Khaled Mark Burns as Leonard Grant Doug Fisher as Sammy Emma Jacobs as Alex Khaled Peter Lukas as Ian Thane Natalie Ogle as Maddy Constantin De Goguel as Lord Newton Guy Ward as Peter Sarah Lawson as Anne Khaled Jeremy Child as Lawyer

Peter Dennis as Marc Chris Jagger as Rock star Peter Bourke as Gordon Tania Rogers as Janine Felicity Buirski as Deborah Minah Bird as Molly Sharon Fussey as Denise Hilda Fenemore as Mrs Blake Bernard Stone as Mr Blake John Conteh as Himself Milo Sperber as Kamara (uncredited) Suzanne Danielle as Disco dancer (uncredited) Susie Silvey as Girl in shower (uncredited)

Soundtrack

A successful soundtrack album was released to tie in with the film. The album contained 20 tracks, including original material penned by Biddu specifically for the film, as well as a number of major British chart hits dating back as far as 1975 which were licensed for use in the film. A majority of the tracks were disco flavoured, although some non-disco tracks were also included. The album rose to number 2 on the UK albums chart.^[2] Tracks featured in the film and on the album included:

Biddu Orchestra – "The Stud" The Real Thing & Biddu – "Let's Go Disco" Roxy Music – "Love Is the Drug" Linda Lewis – "It's Good" Space – "Deliverance" Sweet – "Love Is Like Oxygen" Smokie – "For a Few Dollars More" El Coco – "Cocomotion" 10cc – "I'm Not in Love" Baccara – "Sorry, I'm a Lady" Tina Charles & Biddu – "Fire Down Below" Goldie – "Making Up Again"

Heatwave – "Boogie Nights" Hot Chocolate – "Every 1's a Winner" K.C. and the Sunshine Band – "That's the Way I Like It" Manfred Mann's Earth Band – "Blinded by the Light" Odyssey – "Native New Yorker" Rose Royce – "Car Wash" Samantha Sang – "Emotion" Leo Sayer – "Moonlighting" Michael Zager Band – "Let's All Chant" Bill Fredericks – "Almost" Cameron – "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" Sally Sagoe – "Deep Down"

References

1. Gritten, David (1979-11-26). "Imperfect Past Behind Her, Joan Collins Says She Likes Turning Homebody". People.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
2. "Week ending 27-05-1978". ChartStats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2011-08-16.

Bibliography

• Simon Sheridan Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books (fourth edition, 2011)

External links

• The Stud at the Internet Movie Database