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Lady in the Box

Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.

R In Theaters 04/1/2001 , 104min.
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Plot & Details

Film noir comes to the Midwest in this dark thriller. Jerry (Darren E. Burrows) runs a tiny bar near the Milwaukee waterfront, where business is bad and crime is often worse. Jerry's money problems are especially worrisome for him lately, since he's acquired a new girlfriend Jill (Paige Rowland) with rather expensive tastes. Near the end of his rope, Jerry is asked by Doug (Mark Sheppard), who stops into the tavern for a drink, to do him a bit of a favor -- if Jerry will dump an old trunk into the lake without asking any questions, Doug will give him $500 in cash. Jerry agrees, but after dropping the trunk into the drink, Jerry goes back to his place to find his girlfriend missing, blood all over the floor, and a woman's scalp left behind. So what did Jerry just throw away? Has Doug just implicated Jerry in a murder? What's become of Jill? And what else has Doug been up to?
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Genre(s): Crime and Mystery
  • Run Time: 104min.
  • Theatrical Release Date: 04/01/2001
  • DVD Release Date: 06/19/2007
  • Distributor(s): Independent Artists
  • Director(s): Christian Otjen
  • Starring: Darren E. Burrows , Rob Knepper , Paige Rowland
  • Tone: Atmospheric,Gloomy,Paranoid
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