Directed by Norman Jewison
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Naive teenager Beau Bridges runs away from his small town to Chicago, where he plans to change the world as a writer. He loses all of his money to a pickpocket in the train station, but is "adopted" by the madam of a whorehouse who is attracted to his innocence. A series of misadventures follow, where political corruption, an unethical newspaper editor and his own sexual awakening combine to rob him of that innocence. A handsomely mounted production with occasionally stunning period flavor, its black comedy will not appeal to all tastes. Margot Kidder is ravishing in her film debut.
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