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Overview

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5.9/10   2,069 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ethan Coen (written by) &
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Release Date:
25 April 1986 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life.
Plot:
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them... more | add synopsis
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A cult film if ever I saw one more (49 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Louise Lasser ... Helene Trend
Paul L. Smith ... Faron Crush

Brion James ... Arthur Coddish

Sheree J. Wilson ... Nancy
Edward R. Pressman ... Ernest Trend

Bruce Campbell ... Renaldo 'The Heel'

Reed Birney ... Vic Ajax

Richard Bright ... Officer Brennan
Antonio Fargas ... Blind Man
Hamid Dana ... Donald Odegard
John Hardy ... Mr. Yarman
Emil Sitka ... Colonel Rodgers
Hal Youngblood ... Jack Elroy
Sean Farley ... Jack Elroy Jr
Richard DeManincor ... Officer Garvey
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The XYZ Murders (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
83 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The role of Vic Ajax was originally intended for Bruce Campbell more
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Continuity: When Vic is on the stairs reading his 'how to' book, his ladder is folded up and leaning on the wall behind him; before Renaldo shows up, it is open and standing away from the wall, and then it is gone after Renaldo leaves. more
Quotes:
Vic Ajax: [after Nancy nearly got run over by the Exterminators] You maniacs! I've never seen anything like that... are you All right?
[Tries to open the door for her]
Vic Ajax: Oh, you've got the key!
Faron Crush: [the car backs up, and Crush comes out] One more thing child... don't you *ever* call me a maniac!
[Punches Vic in the face and bursts into maniacal laughter]
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Movie Connections:
References For Pete's Sake! (1934) more
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Cherish more

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A cult film if ever I saw one, 5 September 2004
10/10
Author: kurgan-2 (kurgan@onetel.com) from London, England

OK it's 'early' Coen Brothers AND Sam Raimi, BUT it's also a classic. A surreal Laurel and Hardy like black comedy horror. One of the few films I can come back to again and again. I love watching it with some one who is watching it for the first time, just to watch their reaction! God bless Brion James and thanks to Paul Smith for making me laugh so much. A ridiculously cool film even though all involved seem to shun it. Bruce Campbell is a total heel and try to spot Huggy Bear as the blind man. There are many clever scenes involving all manner of slapstick, including the unlikely survival of a severe drop from a tenement block ( almost Spiderman ), a carpet pulling extravaganza and more more more. I give it a modest 10

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