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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 86/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 418 1980s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,740 audience votes
Key crew
- Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
- Brian De PalmaDirector
- Brian De PalmaWriter
- Bill Mesce Jr.Writer
Cast
- John TravoltaJack Terry
- Nancy AllenSally Badina
- John LithgowBurke
- Dennis FranzManny Karp
- Peter BoydenSam
- John AquinoDet. Mackey
- John McMartinLawrence Henry
- Deborah EvertonHooker
- J. Patrick McNamaraDetective at Hospital
- Roger WilsonCoed Lover
- Missy ClevelandCoed Lover
- Curt MayDonahue
Stills
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Themes
The Best Movies of 1981
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