| Blue Angel Cafe | |
|---|---|
 Main promotional art by Enzo Sciotti | |
| Blue Angel Cafe | |
| Directed by | Joe D'Amato |
| Written by | Daniele Stroppa as Daniel Davis Laurence Abby |
| Starring | Tara Buckman |
| Cinematography | Joe D'Amato |
| Edited by | Kathleen Stratton |
| Music by | Luigi Ceccarelli as Pahamian |
Production company | Filmirage |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
Blue Angel Cafe (Also known as: Object of Desire), is a 1989 Italian erotic film directed by Joe D'Amato. [1]
United States, late 1980s. When Raymond Derek, a young politician with a great career, a beautiful wife and an expensive home, encounters sexy cabaret singer Angie, he sees his life fall apart because the press finds out and it becomes front-page news.
The film was released in United Kingdom on August 18, 1989 [2]
In 1991, Video Watchdog called the film a "blasé potboiler" and derided the main character's nightclub act as "consist[ing] of only one boring "I'm-Down-And-Out-But-I'm-Fightin'-Back" number - delivered à la Minnelli in Dietrich duds". [3]
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