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Plot

Based on the late Charles Willeford's series of hard-boiled crime novels featuring Miami cop Hoke Moseley, the Jonathan Demme-produced Miami Blues opens with the prison release of Frederick Frenger Jr. (Alec Baldwin), a deranged killer who has barely de-boarded his plane before he's killed a Hare Krishna in the airport. Checking into his hotel, Frenger meets up with Susie Waggoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a young prostitute with dreams of domestic life, and the two quickly become romantically involved. Meanwhile, the Hare Krishna murder case is given to Moseley (Fred Ward), a grizzled vet who vows to hunt down Frenger, but may be getting too long in the tooth for the demands of his job.
MPAA Rating:
R
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama
Run Time:
100min.
Theatrical Release Date:
12/14/2003
DVD Release Date:
12/03/2002
Distributor(s):
Orion
Director(s):
George Armitage
Starring:
Alec Baldwin , Fred Ward , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Nora Dunn , Charles Napier
Themes:
Prostitutes,Crime Sprees
Tone:
Bleak,Cynical,Gritty,Visceral,Wry
Keywords:
criminal,police-detective,prostitute/prostitution,sociopath,tracking [following]
Country of Origin:
USA (04-20-1990)
Language:
English