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28 April 1983 (Australia)
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Cutter does everything his way. Fighting. Loving. Working. Tracking down a killer.
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Richard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jeff Bridges | ... | Richard Bone | |
| John Heard | ... | Alex Cutter | |
| Lisa Eichhorn | ... | Maureen Cutter, 'Mo' | |
| Ann Dusenberry | ... | Valerie Duran | |
| Stephen Elliott | ... | J. J. Cord | |
| Arthur Rosenberg | ... | George Swanson | |
| Nina Van Pallandt | ... | Woman in the Hotel | |
| Patricia Donahue | ... | Mrs. Cord | |
| Geraldine Baron | ... | Susie Swanson | |
| Katherine Pass | ... | Toyota Woman | |
| Francis X. McCarthy | ... | Toyota Man (as Frank McCarthy) | |
| George Planco | ... | Toyota Cop | |
| Jay Fletcher | ... | Cord Security Guard | |
| George Dickerson | ... | Mortician | |
| Jack Murdock | ... | Concession Owner |
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Cutter and Bone
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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The film's growing amount of positive reviews prompted United Artists to give the film to their "art" division, United Artists Classics, where they changed the film's title from "Cutter and Bone" to "Cutter's Way" (thinking that the original title would be mistaken by audiences for a comedy about surgeons). It was given the prestigious closing feature slot at the Seattle Film Festival. With a new ad campaign in place, Cutter's Way re-opened in the summer of 1981 in Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, and New York City. Word of mouth helped the film turn a profit.
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Continuity: When Alex Cutter is charging across the estate on a horse, his missing arm changes sides briefly.
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George Swanson:
[in a parade] Hey guys, how do I look?
Alex Cutter: Hey, you look like a fat man on a horse, Georgie.
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Alex Cutter: Hey, you look like a fat man on a horse, Georgie.
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Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
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We're Old Enough to Know
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John Heard is excellent, giving off a feisty performance in the title role of this quite intriguing little thriller. It is a bit too meandering to properly keep up the suspense and thrills, however there are still some moments of excitement, and there are also some interesting philosophies, especially about justice in the world. It only has a very run-of-the-mill mystery driving the plot, but there is still enough to the film for it rise above the norm. Although some aspects of Heard's character are not credible, he is an certainly interesting element, and at the very least, the film manages to end on a powerful note.