The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Most of the 196 1980s mystery movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
Ratings
IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes42%
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
73 audience votes
Key crew
- David TaylorWriter
- Henry RosenbaumWriter
- Sidney PoitierDirector
- Tom ScottOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene WilderMichael Jordon
- Gilda RadnerKate Hellman
- Kathleen QuinlanJanet Dunn
- Richard WidmarkRansom
- Robert ProskyHiram Calder
- Josef SommerAdrian Pruitt
- Johnny SekkaLacey
- Jay O. SandersKatz
- Larry BryggmanStacy
- Pat CorleyMr. Puckett (Pilot)
- Jay GarnerBuck
- Sam GrayDr. John Wolff
Stills
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Themes
hoteltaxigovernment secrets