Out Cold (1989)

Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proofs for the ... See full summary »

Director:

Malcolm Mowbray

Writers:

Leonard Glasser (story), Leonard Glasser (screenplay),

Stars:

Laura Alcalde, Madison Arnold, Teri Garr

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Laura Alcalde	...	Customer #2
Madison Arnold	...	Plumber #1
Carmen Alvarez Block	...	Mrs. Rifkin
Lisa Blount	...	Phyllis
Alan Blumenfeld	...	Lew
Thomas Byrd	...	Mr. Holstrom (as Tom Byrd)
Frederick Coffin	...	Sgt. Haroldson
Richard Embardo	...	Frankie
Teri Garr	...	Sunny
Carole Goldman	...	Mrs. Colby
Debra Lamb	...	Panetti's Dancer (as Deborah Lamb)
James Lashly	...	Cop #1 (as James Lashley)
John Lithgow	...	Dave
Ada Maris	...	Customer #1
Bruce McGill	...	Ernie

Storyline

Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proofs for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butchery with the result of Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proofs so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge...

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Plot Keywords:

partner | murder | butcher | corpse | business | 

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Taglines:

A chilling, hilarious comedy.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hidegre teszlek

Filming Locations:

Mt. Baldy, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$294,266 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Braunstein and Hamady Productions, Hemdale Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Protect and Serve"
Written by Marco Fox, Aaron Price and Steve Bidrowski
Performed by The Denver Mexicans

User Reviews

Lots of spirit in ragged, messy black comedy whose tone wavers from scene to scene

Low-budget dark comedy that goes in all directions yet does an early fade. Ex-Army buddies turned butcher-shop partners argue over family business and one of them ends up dead; the first butcher mistakenly thinks he himself is the murderer...until his partner's widow starts acting suspiciously. Barely-released picture with a terrific cast does show spirit and promise; it has a quirky edge that is sometimes playful and sometimes prickly, but unfortunately nobody seems able to keep this movie on track, and the plot bursts like a balloon leaving nothing but dead space in the final third. The performers are very good, particularly John Lithgow and Bruce McGill, but the players, the direction and the script are not in synch. ** from ****