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6.0/10   498 votes
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Director:
Alan Rudolph
Writer (WGA):
Alan Rudolph (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 March 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | Thriller more
Plot:
A down and out private detective (Berenger) is asked by a beautiful woman (Archer) to follow her lover... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Not well-known (or liked) but I loved it! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Berenger ... Harry Dobbs

Elizabeth Perkins ... Stella Wynkowski

Anne Archer ... Miss Dolan

Kate Capshaw ... Mrs. Ellen McGraw
Annette O'Toole ... Mrs. King
Ted Levine ... Frederick King / James McGraw

Ann Magnuson ... Doris
Kevin J. O'Connor ... Art the Farmhand
Ruby Dee ... Corrine Dart
Barry Miller ... Marty
Neil Young ... Rick
Meegan Lee Ochs ... Bellhop
Gailard Sartain ... Taxi Driver
Robert Gould ... Tavern Bartender

Dirk Blocker ... Hiram Culver, Used-Car Salesman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Bend, Oregon, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Harry's revolver is a nickel-plated Colt Detective Special. more
Quotes:
Harry Dobbs: The one who loves, waits. more
Soundtrack:
You Don't Know What Love Is more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Not well-known (or liked) but I loved it!, 7 April 2007
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

I was one of the (very) few people who saw this in a movie theatre back in 1990. It was a small audience but everybody enjoyed it and I thought this would be a big hit. For some reason though this faded quickly.

Detective Harry Dobbs (Tom Berenger) takes on a case for Miss Dolan (Anne Archer) to track her boyfriend. What Dobbs doesn't know is that he himself is being tracked by female detective Stella Wyntowski (Elizabeth Perkins). They end up meeting and set out to solve a mystery.

Sounds strange...and it is but it's lots of fun too. The movie is always switching tone from romance to comedy to drama yet it always manages to stay coherent and entertaining. There's director Rudolph's excellent use of color and music and a script which goes whipping every which way.

The cast is up to it. Berenger (purposefully?) adopts a gravelly voice and dresses like he just stepped out of a film noir. He perfectly plays the drama and comedy nicely. Perkins has a very difficult role but she grabs it and runs with it. Only Archer is a disappointment--REALLY overplaying her part. Kate Capshaw ans Annette O'Toole shine in minor roles.

This is not a easy movie to categorize or explain--you've just got to watch it. It's sort of like a film noir with comedy, style and color...but it's also a romance with a mystery thrown in...OR a comedy with some dramatic moments. It goes all over the map. Beautifully done and well worth seeing.

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