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20 March 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
You Will Feel The Heat. morePlot:
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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She's tired of what's right and what's wrong... more (27 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Nicholson | ... | Frank Chambers | |
| Jessica Lange | ... | Cora Papadakis | |
| John Colicos | ... | Nick Papadakis | |
| Michael Lerner | ... | Mr. Katz | |
| John P. Ryan | ... | Kennedy | |
| Anjelica Huston | ... | Madge | |
| William Traylor | ... | Sackett | |
| Thomas Hill | ... | Barlow (as Tom Hill) | |
| Jon Van Ness | ... | Motorcycle Cop | |
| Brian Farrell | ... | Mortenson | |
| Raleigh Bond | ... | Insurance Salesman | |
| William Newman | ... | Man from Home Town | |
| Albert Henderson | ... | Art Beeman | |
| Ken Magee | ... | Scoutmaster | |
| Eugene Peterson | ... | Doctor |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
122 minLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (1981) | Singapore:PG (cut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Australia:RFilming Locations:
Santa Barbara, California, USAFun Stuff
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Anachronisms: When Cora walks to the door of the café after coming back from her mother's (1:38:25), her zipper and zipper pull show. What we see is an "invisible" zipper which were not invented until the early 1960s. moreQuotes:
Cora: All I know is, it went dark... If he'd have turned around, Frank, they'd have hanged us for it... and something... something put that cop there... It's an act of God those lights went out! moreFAQ
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Immensely watchable, this remake of the 1940s classic is sexed up by writer David Mamet and director Bob Rafelson. Jack Nicholson is a drifter who ingratiates himself into the lives of roadside diner/gas station owner John Colicos and his impossibly sexy wife Jessica Lange. Soon Lange and Nicholson are having sex EVERYWHERE...and plotting to bump off Colicos. Aided by great cinematography by Sven Nykvist and very evocative production design by George Jenkins, Rafelson manages to capture James M. Cain's ironic novel and all it's sordidness. Nicholson is terrific but Lange gives a career making performance...this is the movie that put her on the map after the KING KONG debacle. There are times when she acts Nicholson off the screen. Colicos is fine, if a bit old for his role and Michael Lerner is in it too. Anjelica Huston has a really odd cameo as a lion tamer!