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About
The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Theatrical
Mar 20, 1981
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 20, 1997
Box Office
$12.4M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
1.0x
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Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
CIP Filmproduktion GmbH, Northstar International, Lorimar Motion Pictures
Keywords
sexual obsession
confession
based on novel or book
infidelity
gas station
obsession
remake
murder
conspiracy
sexual attraction
drifter
courtroom
insurance investigator
older husband
crime of passion
neo-noir
erotic thriller
murder plot
plea
unfaithful wife
greek american
scheming wife
roadside diner
adulterous wife
defense lawyer
roadside inn
murdered husband
young wife
Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers
J
Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis
J
John Colicos
Nick Papadakis
M
Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz
J
John P. Ryan
Kennedy
Anjelica Huston
Madge
W
William Traylor
Sackett
T
Thomas Hill
Barlow
J
Jon Van Ness
Motorcycle Cop
B
Brian Farrell
Mortenson
R
Raleigh Bond
Insurance Salesman
W
William Newman
Man from Home Town
A
Albert Henderson
Art Beeman
E
Eugene Peterson
Doctor
D
Don Calfa
Goebel
L
Louis Turenne
Ringmaster
D
Dick Balduzzi
Sign Man #1
J
John Furlong
Sign Man #2
S
Sam Edwards
Ticket Clerk
B
Betty Cole
Grandmother
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