I think this would've been fun on the stage especially in the mid 70s in New York, knowing the Bath Houses were around the corner, with it all set within a bathhouse and the actors running around in towels. You'd have gotten a charge from the energy of the live performances, especially Rita Moreno as the local Bette Midler style entertainer.
It feels like a faithful adaptation it's just hard to care too much about it. There is novelty of Jack Weston having the lead role as the man on the run from his mafia relatives who seeks refuge in the bathouse.
Moreno goes all out but I think would be better on stage. Weston is fine. F Murray Abraham is hilarious, but then he has the best part. Treat Williams' detective with a falsetto gets tiring quickly. Maybe if this was changed into a musical or something, But it lacks the film-friendly farce of say La Cage Aux Follies which was about deception and relationships.This doesn't have a core. Jack Weston is pursued by Jerry Stiller, his brother in law, and his wife turns up. But no one changes through the experience. There's running in and out of rooms, Moreno thinks Weston is a producer, people get Williams and Abrams mixed up but... it gets tiresome.
This was all shot in London!
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