Genre: | Drama |
Screenplay: | Fay Kanin |
Director: | Joseph Sargent |
Starring: | Lee Remick Monte Markham Jill Clayburgh Alex Rocco Melanie Mayron Burt Young Beverly Hope Atkinson Howard Hesseman |
Theme Music Composer: | Jerry Fielding |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Lillian Gallo |
Editor: | George Jay Nicholson |
Cinematography: | Bill Butler |
Location: | New York City |
Company: | Filmways Television Lillian Gallo Productions |
Network: | ABC |
Hustling is a 1975 American television film directed by Joseph Sargent based on a book about prostitution by Gail Sheehy.[1] The film stars Jill Clayburgh as Wanda[2] ("Redpants"), alongside Lee Remick, while its script is written by Fay Kanin.[3]
Jill Clayburgh credited the film as important in her career. "It changed my career,” Clayburgh said. “It was a part that I did well, and suddenly people wanted me. Sidney Furie saw me, and wanted me for Gable and Lombard."[4] Her performance in the TV film eventually earned her an Emmy nomination.[5]