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Fear City (1984)

R 96 min  -  Crime | Drama | Mystery  -   18 July 1984 (France)
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Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Director:

Abel Ferrara
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Berenger ...
Matt Rossi
Billy Dee Williams ...
Al Wheeler
Jack Scalia ...
Nicky Parzeno
Melanie Griffith ...
Loretta
Rossano Brazzi ...
Carmine
Rae Dawn Chong ...
Joe Santos Joe Santos ...
Frank
Michael V. Gazzo Michael V. Gazzo ...
Mike
Jan Murray Jan Murray ...
Goldstein
Janet Julian Janet Julian ...
Ruby
Daniel Faraldo ...
Sanchez
Maria Conchita Alonso ...
Silver (as Maria Conchita)
Ola Ray Ola Ray ...
Honey
John Foster John Foster ...
Pazzo
Emilia Crow Emilia Crow ...
Bibi (as Emilia Lesniak)
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Storyline

In New York City, a psycho killer is stalking and randomly slashing and killing strippers working in various nightclubs. Matt Rossi is a former boxer trying to escape his past whom is currently employed at a talent agency which caters exotic dancers to the mafia-controlled strip clubs all over Manhattan. Matt and his business partner, Nicky, are relentlessly dogged by Al Wheeler, a persistent police detective on the case of the murdered strippers, and hoping to find something to nail both Matt and Nicky on. Matt is trying to reconcile with his former flame, Loretta, whom also works as a dancer and has a off-again, on-again drug problem. With the police constantly hounding them, and under pressure from his mob boss and other bosses to do something, Matt must somehow face his inner demons to find the killer before he strikes again. Written by Anonymous  

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Plot Keywords:

Stripper | Strip Club | Police Detective | Talent Agency | Boxer  | See more »

Taglines:

No showgirl is safe on the streets of... Fear City

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Border See more »

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The film was drastically reedited before it's release because of the MPAA's ratings board strict guidelines on graphic violence, language and nudity at that point in time. Which are noticeable due to the film's many jump cuts in handful of scenes specifically most of the attacks on the strippers by the unnamed killer for example. Ultimately it caused Twentieth Century-Fox to sell of the film to an independent distributor for a theatrical release. See more »

Quotes

Al Wheeler: [as Rossi drives off] There's nothing I hate more than guineas in Cadillacs.
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Connections

Referenced in A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"New York Doll"
Written by Joe Delia & David Johansen See more »