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A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.A young detective becomes involved with a beautiful woman on the run from the mob and her psychopath boyfriend.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
4.9K
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Jon Gries
- Alan Swayzieas Alan Swayzie
- (as Jonathan Gries)
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Storyline
Fay Forrester, an attractive young lady wants to escape from her violent and jealous boyfriend Vince. So she hires Jack Andrews, a second class private investigator to arrange her death. She wants to restart her life with a new identity and the money she robbed together with Vince. Because of Jack's financial problems he joins Fay after her fake death. Unfortunately Vince finds out that Fay's still alive. The hunt for Jack, Fay and the money begins... —Markus Lasermann <mslaserm@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
- Taglines
- Her last request was his first mistake.
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- Certificate
- R
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Did you know
- TriviaJoanne Whalley's new name "Vera Billings" is a combination of the town (Billings) where writer-director 'Dahl, John' is from, and a girl he dated.
- GoofsThe semiautomatic pistol that Fay loads with a fresh clip in the white Cadillac suddenly becomes a revolver when she points it out of the car's window and fires at the police officer following them.
- Quotes
Vince Miller: You might live through the rest of the day if you tell me where my money is.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dark & Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995)
- SoundtracksStill Doin' Time
Written by Michael P. Heeney and John Moffat
Performed by Jackson Leap
Published by Cedarwood Publishing (BMI)
Top review
'80s Noir For Audience Which Likes A Mean Edge
Unlike the title, once turned out to be just right. I should have stopped at one viewing, which I really liked. For some reason, a second look five years later wasn't nearly the fun. All of sudden, the characters just were too hard-edged with a sadistic killer and lead female that were not fun to watch. Maybe I'm just mellowing and these type of low-lifes just don't appeal to me anymore, at least when comprise two- thirds of the main characters.
So, if you like nasty characters with a big mean streak in them, ones that have no ethics whatsoever and are proud of it, then'll you like this modern-day film noir very much. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Michael Madsen are not three people you want as friends, particularly the last two.
The story has a few twists - big twists - near the end, although I suppose if you thought about it long enough you'd discover some credibility problems with it. Nonetheless, you have to give this film decent points for one thing: it entertains you for the full 95 minutes.
So, if you like nasty characters with a big mean streak in them, ones that have no ethics whatsoever and are proud of it, then'll you like this modern-day film noir very much. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Michael Madsen are not three people you want as friends, particularly the last two.
The story has a few twists - big twists - near the end, although I suppose if you thought about it long enough you'd discover some credibility problems with it. Nonetheless, you have to give this film decent points for one thing: it entertains you for the full 95 minutes.
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- Mar 11, 2006
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- Language
- Also known as
- Töten Sie mich
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- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $283,694
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $66,013
- Oct 29, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $283,694
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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