The read
Most of the 180 1980s mystery movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic48/100
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Don Keith OpperWriter
- Wayne WangDirector
- Mitchell FroomOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tom HulceC.C. Drood
- Mary Elizabeth MastrantonioHelen Drood
- Virginia MadsenYolanda Caldwell
- Don Keith OpperBuddy
- Adam AntJim Campbell
- Harry Dean StantonDet. Benjamin Smiley
- John DoeDet. John Gilbert
- Lin ShayeLibrarian
- Millie PerkinsBobby Nye
- Judith BarsiBean
- Robert BeltranFrank
- Rosalind ChaoMrs. Margaret Bell
