Summary
A hitman tries to seduce the mother of a child who witnessed his most recent kill.
Good for
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
- Thought-provoking
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 36GoodWatch 40
IMDb5.4
Audience score17%
Running time
1 h 31 min
Shorter than most thrillers, −13 min on the typical 104
typical 10491Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Released
1984
July 13, 1984
42 years ago
Genres
ThrillerCrimeDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 28
Anne CarlisleSally
Brad RijnJohnny- JWJohn WoehrleFred
- MSMatthew StockleyMatthew
Stephen LackLieutenant Burns
Ann MagnusonMalda- ZHZachary HainsMoletti
Otto von WernherrPrivate Detective- KSKitty SummerallJoanna
- SPSteven PudenzMan in Cemetary
Bill FagerbakkeCarl- BJBruce JerreauManny
- LSLeo ShawahCarlos
- JCJoe ChiaramonteMurder Victim
Conrad BergschneiderCarousel Operator- BKBettina KösterFeminist
- VLVeronica LustigFeminist
- SCSara CarlisleFeminist
- KRKris RothFeminist
- AHAlexa HunterFeminist
- DMDaniella MartinFeminist
- CMCynthia McEwenFeminist
- EWEmily Woo YamasakiFeminist
- IInansiFeminist
Directing · 3
- Larry Cohen Director, Writer
- Paul Kurta Assistant Director, Producer, Production Manager
- Jenny Fitzgibbons Second Assistant Director
Production · 4
- Carter DeHaven Executive Producer
- Richard M. Greenberg Executive Producer
- Barry Shils Associate Producer
- Katarina Wittich Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- Paul Glickman Director of Photography
- Robert Levi Additional Photography
Editing · 1
- Armond Lebowitz Editor
Sound · 7
- Dwight Dixon Original Music Composer
- William Sarokin Sound
- Wendy Caplin Sound Editor
- Mark Pancza Sound
- Andrej Zoravic Sound Effects
- Tommy Louie Sound
Art · 2
- George Stoll Set Dresser
- Paula Longendyke Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Susan Slater Makeup Artist
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