The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
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Bob Rafelson
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| Jack Nicholson | ... | Frank Chambers | |
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This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside café owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Written by Craig Clarke <clarkec@topaz.cqu.edu.au>
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adultery | great depression | neo noir | lifting up dress | hand up dress |Taglines:
You Will Feel The Heat. See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
20 March 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$12,376,625Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$44,376,625Company Credits
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Cora: What... do I look Greek?
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Modern-day paper currency is used in craps game set during Great Depression, instead of silver certificate dollar bills then in use. See more »Quotes
Frank Chambers: What are you, uh, Greek or something?Cora: What... do I look Greek?
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CBS edited 30 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere. See more »Connections
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Twice is nice. Hollywood had to try twice to get this story right. Lana Turner was beautiful in the 1946 version, but Jessica Lange was something to kill for opposite Jack Nicholson.
Such raw sensuality would easily persuade a man to lose his very soul. Nicholson's part is certainly unscrupulous to begin with, but in Jessica Lange he finds a confederate with even less scruples. The legal loose ends that dangled in the earlier version are avoided this time with a more plausible chain of events... and the story ends when the story ought to end, instead of being dragged on.
Wonderful character and situation development, intriguing and engaging, even when you know the story. Nice twists of the story from the Lana Turner and Italian ("Ossessione" 1943) versions.