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Striptease

A stripper and single mother gets dragged into a dangerous situation after a congressman takes a fancy to her.

In Florida, the FBI secretary Erin Grant loses her job because of the arrest record of her scum husband Darrell. Immediately after, she loses the custody of her seven-year-old daughter Angela since she is unemployed, and Darell is a C.I. of the police. Now she needs to raise fifteen thousand dollars to appeal by a court of higher instance to retrieve Angela and becomes a stripper at the Eager Beaver strip-club. Meanwhile, Darrell uses Angela to steal wheelchair from hospitals to sell them later. At the club, Erin is worshiped by her fans and is well treated by her fellow strippers and colleagues, including the bouncer Shad that protects her. When Congressman David Dilbeck goes to the club, he has a crush on Erin and hits a daring client that invaded her stage with a bottle of champagne. He is recognized by her fan Jerry Killian that promises Erin to use this information to force Dilbeck to help her to retrieve the custody of Angela. However, Dilbeck is the chairman of the sugar committee and is connected to powerful and dangerous people in Florida related to sugar business that protect his image. Soon Miami P.D, Lt. Al Garcia, who is on vacation with his wife nearby a lake, finds Jerry's body and interviews Erin, since Jerry's house is full of photos of Erin, and she explains that he was trying to help her. When the Lawyer Alan Mordecai gets the photos of Dilbeck in the club, he decides to blackmail the congressman. Soon his body is found, and Lt. Garcia believes Erin is in danger, but she needs money and has to continue working as a stripper.

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Info about Striptease

Studio(s): Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures

Originally Released: United States, Jun 28, 1996

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $113,309,743.00

Budget: $40,000,000.00

Genres:Crime, Drama, Thriller, Comedy