Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
Acting
Jill Clayburgh's vulnerable, Oscar-nom-worthy performance as Wanda.
Production
Grimy pre-gentrification Manhattan captured in amber.
Director
Joseph Sargent
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief window when network TV could air explicit social criticism before Reagan-era deregulation softened everything.
Jill Clayburgh loved this role so much she fought to keep it in her Oscar reel, though the Academy ignored TV movies then.
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