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Miami Blues
Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.
After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.
- Original title
- Miami Blues
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $11,000,000
- Revenue
- $9,888,167
John Chard
Sep 25, 2014 · via TMDB
Miami Blues is directed by George Armitage who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Charles Napier. Music is by Gary Chang and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. Ex-con Frederick Frenger Jr. (Baldwin) lands in Miami and quickly continues his criminal ways. Hooking up with gullible prostitute Susie Waggoner (Leigh), Frenger, by now under suspicion for the killing of a Hare Krishna man at Miami airport, steals the identity of the policeman investigating him and ups his crime spree... This is all about the characterisations, for the story is simple and played as a darkly comic hard boiled cop picture. We are in a stripped back Miami, no gloss here, wherever the psychotic Frenger goes, there is crime that he is only too willing to enhance. Quite often with violent but humorous results. His union with Susie is a matter of convenience, as she, the gullible tart with the heart, dreams of a white picket fence house - marriage - babies, he dreams only of her cash and the comfort of cover she affords his criminal doings. Then there is Sgt. Hoke Moseley (Ward), straight out of noirville, world weary, grizzled, incapable of genuine affection, tatty and someone who soaks his false teeth in a glass of brandy! It's a wonderful character brought vividly to life by Ward, especially when Frenger steals said set of teeth! And with Leigh and Baldwin also making good on the characters as written, this is very much worth a look for the acting performances. It's not under seen or under valued, the respective ratings on internet sites and critical appraisals are about right. There's some value in the dark comedy born out of the crime sequences, where we are dared not to smile, and the violence is impacting without hitting us over the head for the sake of it. But without Junior, Susie and Hoke holding our attention, the film would be flat and forgettable. 6/10
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Fred Ward
Sergeant Hoke Moseley
Alec Baldwin
Frederick J. Frenger Jr.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Susie Waggoner
Nora Dunn
Ellita Sanchez
Charles Napier
Sergeant Bill Henderson
Shirley Stoler
Edie Wulgemuth
Bobo Lewis
Edna Damrosch
Obba Babatundé
Blink Willie
José Pérez
Pablo
Paul Gleason
Sergeant Frank Lackley
Edward Saxon
Krishna Ravindra
Gary Goetzman
Hotel Desk Clerk
Martine Beswick
Noira
Kenneth Utt
Krishna Ramba
Buddy Joe Hooker
Shorty
Marc Mercury
Purse Snatcher
Herb Goldstein
Eddie Cohen
Gary Klar
Head Bookie
Patrick Cherry
Convenience Store Robber
Nancy Duerr
Newswoman
Carmen López
Woman in Sports Car
Tak Fujimoto
Director of Photography
William McConnell
First Assistant Camera
Lynette Bernay
Assistant Costume Designer
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Gary McLarty
Stunts
Gene Hackman
Thanks
George Armitage
Director
Craig McKay
Editor
William Horberg
Associate Producer
Kenneth Utt
Co-Producer
Edward Saxon
Executive Producer
Fred Ward
Executive Producer
Gary Goetzman
Producer
Jonathan Demme
Producer
Cynthia Streit
Production Office Coordinator
Kenneth Utt
Unit Production Manager
Joseph S. DeBeasi
Music Editor
Gary Chang
Original Music Composer
George Armitage
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