# Emmanuelle in Soho

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1981British film by David Hughes

Emmanuelle in Soho Directed by David Hughes Screenplay by Brian Daly John M. East[1] Produced by John M. East[1] Cinematography Don Lord[1] Edited by David Woodward[1] Music by Barry Kirsch[1] Production company Roldvale[1] Distributed by Tigon[1] Release date 1981 (1981) [1] Running time 67 minutes[1] Country United Kingdom[1]

***Emmanuelle in Soho*** is a 1981 British [sex film](/source/Sex_film) directed by David Hughes and produced by [David Sullivan](/source/David_Sullivan_(publisher)), and starring Angie Quick (under the name 'Mandy Miller'), Julie Lee and John M. East.[2] Sullivan had originally intended [Mary Millington](/source/Mary_Millington) to star in the film.[3]

## Plot

Half-Chinese Kate Benson (played by Lee) and her photographer husband Paul (Kevin Fraser) share their [Bayswater](/source/Bayswater) home with a [nymphomaniac](/source/Nymphomaniac) stripper, Emmanuelle. The two women attempt to find work in the sex industry in London's [Soho](/source/Soho) district, and get mixed up with a sleazy and unscrupulous theatrical agent, Bill Anderson.

## Cast

- Angie Quick as Emmanuelle of Soho

- Julie Lee as Kate Benson

- John M. East as Bill Anderson

- Kevin Fraser as Paul Benson

- Gavin Clare as Mr. Cole

- Timothy Blackstone as Derek

- Geraldine Hooper as Jill

- Anita Desmarais as Sheila Burnette

- Georges Waser as Tom Poluski

- Erika Lea as Judy

- Kathy Green as Sammy

- Suzanne Richens as a Showgirl

- John Roach as Albert

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## Release

The film premiered in Sheffield and transferred to London where it ran for 10 weeks at the Eros cinema on [Piccadilly Circus](/source/Piccadilly_Circus) followed by 25 weeks at the Moulin in [Great Windmill Street](/source/Great_Windmill_Street). There is also a hardcore version of this film - such a version was released in Hong Kong cinemas where it ran for nearly three years.[4] The US release included a 6-minute mini-documentary prologue about the sex industry in Soho.[5]

## Reception

*Emmanuelle in Soho* was one of the last British [softcore](/source/Softcore_pornography) films to receive a theatrical release before the abolition of the [Eady Levy](/source/Eady_Levy) and the growth of [home video](/source/Home_video) led to the virtual disappearance of British low-budget exploitation film-making.[3] In a contemporary review, the *[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)* described the film as "of marginal interest for its unabashed portrait of the neighbourhood's tawdry illicit wares". The review noted that the "slipshod scripting is about par for the course".[1]

## See also

- *[Emmanuelle](/source/Emmanuelle_(1974_film))* – 1974 pornographic French film

- [Pornography in the United Kingdom](/source/Pornography_in_the_United_Kingdom)

- *[The Playbirds](/source/The_Playbirds)* – 1978 Sullivan film starring Millington, also partly set in Soho

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-mfb-review_1-11) Pym, John (1981). "Emmanuelle in Soho". *[Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/Monthly_Film_Bulletin)*. **48** (564). London: [British Film Institute](/source/British_Film_Institute): 152–153.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Emmanuelle in Soho (1981)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090129195754/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/3717). *British Film Institute*. Archived from [the original](http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/3717) on 29 January 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Upton_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Upton_3-1) Upton, Julian (2004). [*Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives and Lost Careers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb5ci9IF_SMC). Headpress/Critical Vision. p. 46. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781900486385](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781900486385).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Simon Sheridan (9 May 2013). ["Julie Lee-The Last Star of Sexploitation"](http://www.marymillington.co.uk/?p=677). *Mary Millington*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Johnny Stanwyck (6 August 2018). ["Emmanuelle in Soho (1981)"](https://grindhouse-effect.com/reviews/emmanuelle-in-soho-1981/). *The Grindhouse Effect*.

## Further reading

- Simon Sheridan Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema 2011 (fourth edition) (Titan Publishing, London) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0857682792](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0857682792)

- Simon Sheridan Come Play with Me: The Life and Films of Mary Millington 1999 (FAB Press, Guildford)

- Sweet, Matthew. *Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema*. Faber and Faber, 2005.

## External links

- [*Emmanuelle in Soho*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124464/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Julie Lee: Driven (The Grindhouse Effect)](https://grindhouse-effect.com/articles/julie-lee-driven/)

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