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Overview

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Director:
Hal Ashby
Writers:
Lawrence Block (book)
Oliver Stone (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 April 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
Death comes to all except those who deserve it most more
Plot:
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Tragically, this dud was a great director's final film more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeff Bridges ... Matthew 'Matt' Scudder

Rosanna Arquette ... Sarah

Alexandra Paul ... Sunny
Randy Brooks ... Willie 'Chance' Walker

Andy Garcia ... Angel Moldonado
Lisa Sloan ... Linda Scudder
Christa Denton ... Laurie Scudder
Vance Valencia ... Quintero
Wilfredo Hernández ... Hector Lopez (as Wilfredo Hernandez)
Luisa Leschin ... Hector's Wife

Vyto Ruginis ... Joe Durkin
Chip Arnold ... Homicide Detective
James Avery ... Deputy D.A.
Jack Younger ... Drunk
Zoaunne LeRoy ... Nurse
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | USA:R (Certificate #28302) | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 (1986) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
PSO more

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Trivia:
This was director Hal Ashby's final theatrical film. more
Quotes:
Angel Moldonado: Guy had no predecessors and no successors. He was the best. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Untouchables: The Script, the Cast (2004) (V) more

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Tragically, this dud was a great director's final film, 27 April 1999
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Author: meebly from Denver, CO

Sadly, this was Hal Ashby's final bow as a director.

The man who gave us "The Last Detail", "Coming Home" and "Being There" seemingly threw together this agonizing-to-sit-through hodgepodge of alcoholics, drug addicts and hookers that seems to work only as mind-numbing montage of film noir cliches. What makes it even more painful is that it's both very loud and very dull, and nothing makes any sense until the film reaches a conclusion so inevitable, you wish they would've gotten to it about 75 minutes sooner.

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