Scruples II: 1981 NR Shelley Smith Drama Romance Movie DVD

Scruples II: 1981 NR Shelley Smith Drama Romance DVD

Very rare and hard to find never in print movie.

Sequel to The 1980 Scruples Mini-Series with Lindsay Wagner.

This movie is a DVD transfer from the original recording to a brand new high quality DVD+R Disc.

DVD picture and sound quality is between 8 and 10.

RELEASE DATE: May 22, 1981

GENRE: Drama - Romance

SYNOPSIS:

The owner (Shelley Smith) of a Beverly Hills boutique fights a takeover of her first husband's conglomerate.

Picking up where Scruples left off, the sequel to Judith Krantz best seller follows the lives of the three people who run Scruples, the best fashion store in the world.

Adapted from the Judith Krantz novel of the same name, The CBS Mini-Series Scruples zeroes in on a trendy, upscale Beverly Hills boutique. The guiding force behind the Scruples shop is beautiful Billy Ikelhorn (Lindsay Wagner), who, though born into grinding poverty, had risen to the uppermost rungs of L.A. society by virtue of her marriage to millionaire Ellis Ikelhorn (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.). When her husband dies after a long illness, Billy compensates for her grief by becoming a Boadicea of the fashion industry. Her personal and professional life is entangled with those of her closest associates, fashion photographer Spider Elliott (Barry Bostwick) and designer Valentine O'Neill (Marie-France Pisier). Originally telecast in six two-hour episodes on February 25, 26, and 28, 1980, Scruples proved popular enough to warrant a 1981 TV-movie sequel, starring Shelley Smith as Billy, Dirk Benedict as Spider and Olga Karlatos as Valentine.

COMMENT:

Scruples is a movie highly recommended if you ever seem to feel nostalgic for a time where people were looking into the future completely full to the brim with hopes and dreams, where everything has an extra high degree of romanticism and enthusiasm. The movie itself is a wonderful example of what sort of things we were doing and thinking, with inspiring characters and beautiful sets, a true transition from the old world to the new.

CAST:

Shelley Smith ... Billy Ikehorn

Dirk Benedict ... Spider Elliott

Olga Karlatos ... Valentine O'Neill

James Darren ... Vito Orsini

Priscilla Barnes ... Melanie Adams

Jessica Walter ... Maggie McGregor

Brett Halsey ... Derek Wagner

Roy Thinnes ... Hall Bennett

Laraine Stephens ... Eliza

Kale Browne ... Kenny Higgins

Sean Allan ... Jerry Plummer

Ted Hartley ... Herman Lingwood

Jim McMullan ... Greg Dunne

Walter Brooke ... Doctor Rutgers

Elizabeth Edwards ... Nora

Simmy Bow ... Gus

Walt Davis ... Policeman

Terri Hanauer ... Young French Woman

Jessica Biscardi ... Sales Lady

Gregory Enton ... Attacker

Leonard B. Kaufman ... Supervising Producer

Judith Krantz ... Novelist