Richard Gere starred in an American film.
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1977 American drama film , based on the acclaimed , best-selling novel of the same name by Judith Rossner , which was inspired by the 1973 murder of New York City schoolteacher Roseann Quinn . Richard Gere . He began acting in the 1970s , playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar and a starring role in Days of Heaven . He went on to star in several hit films , including An Officer and a Gentleman , Pretty Woman , Primal Fear , Runaway Bride , Arbitrage and Chicago , for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for part of the Best Cast .