The Hang Up

1969

Action / Crime / Drama / Romance

7
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 172 172

homophobia blackmail statutory rape cross dressing prostitution spa

Plot summary

Two vice cops get entangled in a web of prostitution, blackmail and murder.

Director

John Hayes Photo
John Hayes

Top cast

William Guhl Photo
William Guhl as Man in Tuxedo
Gene Blackey Photo
Gene Blackey
James E. Myers Photo
James E. Myers as Police Lieutenant
Michael March Photo
Michael March
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693.18 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
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1.26 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 15 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Michael_Elliott

A Cute Little Prostitute

The Hang Up (1969) ** (out of 4) Sgt. Walsh (Tony Vorno) is a tough-as-nails detective who will do whatever it takes to keep scum off the streets. His attitude changes when he meets a young prostitute named Angel (Sharon Matt) and soon he finds himself falling for her as well as getting pulled into the underworld.THE HANG UP isn't an awful movie but at the same time it needed a bit more sleaze to be more memorable. As it stands, this John Hayes film has a couple decent performances, some at times bizarre nudity and a decent story but there's just not enough bite here to make it more memorable and more entertaining.As I said, the biggest problem with this movie is that the Hayes screenplay simply doesn't go far enough in the sleaze factor to make it more entertaining. If you've seen the director's THE CUT-THROATS from the same year then you'll know that he was certainly capable of doing more in the sexploitation genre but sadly none of that is to be found here. While you're at least mildly entertaining in what's going on, at the same time you can't help but feel you're watching something a bit too tame.I will say that I enjoyed the performances of both Vorno and Matt. I thought of two of them at least had some nice chemistry and I thought both of them fit their roles quite nicely. As I said, there is some nudity throughout and a couple action scenes but just not enough to keep you more glued to what's going on.
Reviewed by arfdawg-1 1 / 10

A Comedy

This is a laughable movieBegins with burly guys dressed in drag in a gay club, prancing around like they do today, not realizing they look ridiculous. And old men lighting other old men's cigarettes like it's Marilyn Monroe or something. OMG what trashAbd there's one female dressed as a male. Why? I dunno.This is a stoopid that doesnt deserve cult status. The wigs are so phony and bad (think Divine in Hairspray. A real woman has really bad super hard implants.And all the trannies are saluting drinks to her for some reason. DumbThen the old gay guys try to pick up the two main trannies who are fugly. It's bad. Really bad. Why are gay guys into trannies? They want other gay guys.It turns out this is Tranni Batman and Robin! Ridding the city of deviates.It's a horrible movie. Poorly written, poorly directed and the acting is non existent.
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