Good story, Not enough for a whole film

best movie i've ever seen.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Joan Collins returns as middle-aged, sex-mad uber-bitch Fontaine Khaled in the inevitable sequel to The Stud, which sees her becoming involved with a hustler named Nico (Antonio Cantafora), who is trying to raise money to pay off his debts to the mob. But Nico isn't the only one with financial problems: Fontaine is also feeling the pinch, her divorce leaving her far less affluent and her London disco Hobo failing to pull in the crowds.If you enjoyed the tacky disco-era smut that was The Stud, there's a very good chance that you'll enjoy The Bitch as well, this sequel delivering the same heady concoction of swinging sex, melodrama, and crazy dance floor action, all accompanied by a throbbing soundtrack of '70s smashers (including Leo Sayer, Real Thing, Blondie, and The Three Degrees). Fontaine has nookie with every man she meets (sporting black basque, stockings and suspenders and chauffeur cap to seduce her driver), there's a swimming pool orgy scene (yes, another one!), Nico screws a mystery woman who turns out to be working for the mob, and Ian Hendry turns up as British gangster who wants Nico to pay off his debts by doing a small favour for him.It's all instantly forgettable trash, as one might expect from a film based on a Jackie Collins novel, but it's fun for the duration.

The Bitch (1979) 1/2 (out of 4) Fontaine Khaled (Joan Collins) is now on her own, making her way through various lovers while also trying to run a disco. Before long her love life starts to get complicated and she also has to deal with some Mafia types trying to get in on her business.THE STUD was a really bad movie that thankfully reached some cult moments and it was a low-budget film that became a huge hit at the box office. Sadly, when a film makes money a sequel is bound to follow and here we are with THE BITCH. Was it a good idea to make the film? Well, it at least makes the awful THE STUD look much better in comparison.Usually I list the various problems with a film but in the case of this one I'll just say that everything is a problem. Well, there was one good thing. The film at least looked very professional. Director Gerry O'Hara at least manages to give you a good looking movie but, to be honest, that doesn't make it any more entertaining. There are some pretty bad performances scattered throughout the film, there's some bad editing and I'd even argue that it doesn't live up to the original.The film doesn't reach the same sleazy level as the original, although it does try to copy some of the original film's elements. The orgy sequence from the first movie was trashy but the one here is just lame. Yes, the one here contains more nudity but by the time it happens most viewers will already be asleep. We're given another title track and a very bad one at that. Collins isn't nearly as bitchy as the first film and all of the characters are a complete bore.

"The Bitch" is one of countless exploitation films dealing with the sex lives of the "jet set" crowd, (today they are known as the '1 percenters.) This film offers a tawdry look into a very decadent lifestyle, led by people with no real morals or concern for anything other than their own pleasure. Days are filled with shopping sprees at Cartier and fashion shows, and nights are spent at tacky London discos, or bed hopping. The wealthy circle is rather small, so it seems like everyone has already slept with everyone else, and everybody knows everyone's secrets. Joan Collins is admittedly very good as Fontaine Khaled, the forty-something socialite who made her financial stake by marrying an Arab billionaire, who foolishly gave her everything she could want, before he discovered her extra marital affairs, and quickly divorced her. In this film, an inferior sequel to "The Stud," Fontaine must use her own "skills" to survive. And survive she does, quite well actually. This is super-trash on the highest level. We have violent mob bosses, nude swimming pool orgies, sex with the chauffeur, fixed horse races, jewel smuggling and endless discotheque scenes. And there is an endless display of thick mustaches, thick ties, and thick Euro accents. In fact "The Bitch" might just be the most stereotype "70's movie" ever made. Is it good? Not really; it is very uneven. Some scenes are just awful, like the lengthy dance sequences that are obviously just time filler. But just when you are about to turn it off, it gets interesting again for a while. Because although it might not be good cinema, it is strangely entertaining, and at times, fascinating. Of course it is all fantasy, but somehow we know that there are people who actually live like this, and this film provides a window into that World. Collins is a lot of fun here too. The first film, "The Stud" was somewhat of a commentary on how the working class are used and exploited by the upper class, and it condemns their decadent lifestyle. This sequel however, forgets all of that, and just embraces that lifestyle, and wallows in the decadence. The moral? There is none..other than "every man (or woman) for themselves, and the one who ends up with the most toys wins..

Joan Collins continues her pleasure-seeking habits in this awful movie. The film is rather confusing at times and even Joan has no idea what is going on. The DISCO soundtrack and lights get on your nerves after a while. "The Bitch" is also based on the trashy novel by Jackie Collins (Joan's sister). This is a really bad career move Joan...