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Eric Roberts dominates Bob Fosse’s story of actress-model Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway). Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker. Nicholas: Roger Rees. Geb: David Clennon. Detective: Josh Mostel. Eileen: Lisa Gordon., Biopic following the tragic life and death of Playboy magazine centrefold Dorothy Stratten, whose fairy-tale success soon became a nightmare at the hands of her small-time hustler husband., Based on the story of Dorothy Stratten, 1980 Playmate of the Year, we explore a brief and tragic career that was engineered by Stratten’s loutish husband and manager., Based on the Dorothy Stratten story with more focus on the fatal obsessions of the star’s estranged husband (Eric Roberts)., Fact-based and notorious, this biopic from Bob Fosse chronicles the rapid rise and abrupt, tragic fall of former Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten. She may have been a major star had she been able to break free of the abusive husband who eventually killed her and then himself. This was choreographer/filmmaker Bob Fosse’s final film.