Scruples (1980)★ 6.5/10
- Drama
- Romance
Directed by: Alan J. Levi
Written by: Judith Krantz, James Lee
Billie, poor relative of a wealthy clan, looks for a purpose in life in Paris, is left by her lover Edouard, marries her New York boss Ellis who dies of a stroke. She opens a boutique in LA and weds gifted but troubled film director Vito.
- Original title
- Scruples
- Storyline
- The soap-operatic story follows the fortunes of three ambitious youngish people: Billy, secretary and then wife to an older zillionaire, whose death frees Billy to start up a Beverly Hills boutique ("Scruples") and to pursue the pretentious and manly but commercially woebegone film director Vito Orsini. Meanwhile, Valentine, a French would-be fashion designer, and Spider, a parking lot attendant/photographer/stud, struggle up the ladder, become buddies and put off a romance that seems inevitable despite their difference in height. After Valentine and Spider become Billy's employees, they team up to navigate a number of speed bumps on the road to happiness.
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 482
- Companies
- Lou Step Productions, Warner Bros. Television, CBS, La Cinq (La 5), Telewizja Polska - II Program, Warner Home Video
- Release dates
- US February 25, 1980
- GB July 29, 1980
- NL September 29, 1980
- SE July 28, 1981
- HU May 10, 1985
- XWG September 1, 1985
- DE September 3, 1995
- PL August 20, 2000