Mayflower Madam

1987 "Sex Sells! For real-life Manhattanite Sydney Biddle Barrows, it sold very, very well..."

Mayflower Madam

5.3 | 1h32m | en | Drama

Inspired by the explosive sex-for-sale scandal that rocked Manhattan in 1984, the infamous Sydney Biddle Barrows, a driven young socialite, opens an exclusive escort service catering to the wealthy and affluent. From Sydney's rise to become a million-dollar, modern-day madam to her notorious plummet into bankruptcy and public disgrace, experience a private glimpse into the forbidden world of high-class prostitution-where money talks...pleasure sells...and discretion is everything.

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5.3 | 1h32m | en | Drama , TV Movie | More Info

Released: November. 15,1987 | Released Producted By: CBS , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Candice Bergen , Chris Sarandon , Caitlin Clarke

Director

Charles C. Bennett

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Cast

Candice Bergen

as Sydney Biddle Barrows

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Chris Sarandon

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Caitlin Clarke

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Reviews

CDC0805 Although I have read the book about the "Mayflower Madam," I can honestly say this made-for-television movie is not a faithful adaptation of that non-fiction literary work. However, it was both entertaining and provocative. I highly sympathize with Miss Barrows. Though I wouldn't say that this film advocates the legalization of the "escort" profession, it did make feel why does our Society have to demonize it so much. It is, after all, a profession to cater and to be catered by mature adults.Par excellence performance by Candice Bergen.

sundar-2 "Mayflower Madam" is a dull, insipid film about Sidney Biddle Barrows who ran a high-class call-girl ring in 1980s New York. The book by Barrows, on which this movie is based, is far more interesting because it tells the tale of how a well-bred WASP got into the escort service business. The book is prurient and titillating without being offensive. The movie is merely boring. Candice Bergen is miscast as the Mayflower Madam.(Reviewed by Sundar Narayan)