The all-male dance troupe provided light entertainment wearing nothing but bowties and cuffs, but backstage there was greed, jealousy and feuds that led to murders and assassination plots.
Somen Steve Banerjee was an Indian immigrant who had moved from Bombay to Los Angeles in the late 1960s. He would go on to become one of the most notorious entrepreneurs in the US.
There's more to Dorothy Stratten's story than what's shown onscreen in the new Hulu limited series "Welcome to Chippendales," starring Kumail Nanjiani, Murray Bartlett, Nicola Peltz Beckham, and Paul Snider.