Overview
Cafe Society is a 1995 American mystery film directed and written by Raymond De Felitta and starring Frank Whaley, Peter Gallagher, Lara Flynn Boyle, and John Spencer. This movie is based on a true story covered in the national press.
Plot
In 1952, New York society playboy Mickey Jelke inherits a large sum of money. He spends his nights out in Manhattan, indulging Broadway bars and in the company of prostitutes and pimps. Unwittingly, Mickey is accused of running a prostitution ring by an unscrupulous undercover cop, aided by Mickey's girlfriend Patricia. He soon becomes embroiled in shadowy web of political exploitation and scandal.
Cast
Frank Whaley as Mickey Jelke
Peter Gallagher as Jack Kale
Lara Flynn Boyle as Pat Ward
John Spencer as Ray Davioni
Anna Levine as Erica Steele
Christopher Murney as Frank Frustinsky
Paul Guilfoyle as Anthony Liebler
Richard B. Shull as Samuel Segal
David Patrick Kelly as J. Roland Sala
Cynthia Watros as Dianne Harris
References
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).