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… Read more
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Blow Out
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Movie · Crime · Mystery · R
1981 · 1h 48m · ★ 80% (79K)
Murder has a sound all of its own.
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
Overview
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.
Director
Brian De Palma
Production
Cinema 77, Geria Productions, George Litto Productions, Viscount Associates
Cast
John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, Peter Boyden, John Aquino, John McMartin, Deborah Everton, J. Patrick McNamara, Roger Wilson, Missy Cleveland, Curt May, Lori-Nan Engler, Barbara Sigel, David De Felice, Roberto Lombardi, Missy Crutchfield, Cindy Manion, Marcy Bigelman, Ann Kelly