The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
After murdering his daughter's drug-dealing boyfriend, a wealthy ad executive stumbles into a bar and strikes up an uneasy alliance with Joe Curran, a drunken bigot with a bloodlust who works at a local factory.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
83 audience votes
Key crew
- Bobby ScottOriginal Music Composer
- John G. AvildsenDirector
- Norman WexlerWriter
Cast
- Peter BoyleJoe Curran
- Dennis PatrickBill Compton
- Susan SarandonMelissa Compton
- Patrick McDermottFrank Russo
- K CallanMay Lou Curran
- Tim LewisKid in Soda Shop
- Estelle OmensWoman in Bargain Store
- Bob O'ConnellMan in Bargain Store
- Marlene WarfieldBellevue Nurse
- Audrey CaireJoan Compton
- Reid CruickshanksAmerican Bartender
- Mary CaseTeeny Bopper
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Themes
drug dealerdrug abusefree lovebusinessmanwar veteranupper classgun rampageorgyabusive fatherracistdrug stealing
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