THE HANG UP

John Hayes was one of the most unique cinematic voices to emerge from the 1960s and ’70s underground film scene. A failed playwright, Hayes’ films were bleak, sexually charged morality tales that combined Tennessee Williams’ troubled souls with R. Lee Frost’s exploitation stylings. HANG UP follows the forbidden affair between an L.A.P.D. vice cop and a mysterious young prostitute. Set against a world of pimps, pushers and sexual deviates, this is a powerful indictment of law-enforcement hypocrisy, a creative commentary on the sexual revolution and human nature, and a buffet of sleazy betrayal.