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About
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Theatrical
Jul 24, 1981
Box Office
$12.0M
Budget
$18.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 28, 2001
Theaters
10
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Cinema 77, Geria Productions, George Litto Productions, Viscount Associates
Quotes
See all →Exploring Terror Beyond the Edge
Taglines
The Blow Out took them to the edge of terror . . . his questions took them way beyond.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Unique Sound of Murder
Taglines
Murder has a sound all of its own!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
John Travolta
Jack Terry
N
Nancy Allen
Sally Badina
J
John Lithgow
Burke
D
Dennis Franz
Manny Karp
P
Peter Boyden
Sam
J
John Aquino
Det. Mackey
J
John McMartin
Lawrence Henry
D
Deborah Everton
Hooker
J
J. Patrick McNamara
Detective at Hospital
R
Roger Wilson
Coed Lover
M
Missy Cleveland
Coed Lover
L
Lori-Nan Engler
Sue
B
Barbara Sigel
Girl Lover
R
Roberto Lombardi
Train Passenger
M
Missy Crutchfield
Dancing Coed
C
Cindy Manion
Dancing Coed
A
Archie Lang
Mixer
D
Dave Roberts
Anchorman
M
Maurice Copeland
Jack Manners
J
John Hoffmeister
Governor McRyan
