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The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Language
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $12,376,625
English
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $12,376,625
Keywords
infidelity
based on novel or book
sexual obsession
gas station
obsession
confession
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
Casts

Jack Nicholson
Frank Chambers

Jessica Lange
Cora Papadakis

John Colicos
Nick Papadakis

Michael Lerner
Mr. Katz

John P. Ryan
Kennedy

Anjelica Huston
Madge

William Traylor
Sackett

Thomas Hill
Barlow

Jon Van Ness
Motorcycle Cop
Brian Farrell
Mortenson

Raleigh Bond
Insurance Salesman

William Newman
Man from Home Town

Albert Henderson
Art Beeman
Eugene Peterson
Doctor

Don Calfa
Goebel

Louis Turenne
Ringmaster
Charles B. Jenkins
Gas Station Attendant

Dick Balduzzi
Sign Man #1
John Furlong
Sign Man #2

Sam Edwards
Ticket Clerk
Betty Cole
Grandmother

Joni Palmer
Granddaughter
Ron Flagge
Shoeshine Man

Lionel Mark Smith
Crapshooter

Brion James
Crapshooter
Frank Arno
Crapshooter

Virgil Frye
Crapshooter
Kenneth Cervi
Crapshooter
Chris Rellias
Greek Party
Theodoros A. Karavidas
Greek Party
Basil J. Fovos
Greek Party
Nick Hasir
Greek Party
Demetrios Liappas
Greek Party

James O'Connell
Judge
William H. McDonald
Bailiff

Elsa Raven
Matron

Kopi Sotiropulos
Greek Mourner
Tom Maier
Twin Oaks Customer

Glenn Shadix
Twin Oaks Customer

Tani Guthrie
Twin Oaks Customer

Carolyn Coates
Twin Oaks Customer
Jim S. Cash
Twin Oaks Customer

Christopher Lloyd
The Salesman
Crews

Bob Rafelson
Director

James M. Cain
Novel

David Mamet
Screenplay

Andrew Braunsberg
Executive Producer
Charles Mulvehill
Producer

Bob Rafelson
Producer
Michael Small
Original Music Composer

Sven Nykvist
Director of Photography

Graeme Clifford
Editor
Michael Barlow
Associate Producer
Terry Liebling
Casting
George Jenkins
Production Design

Robert Gould
Set Decoration

Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist
Toni-Ann Walker
Hairstylist

Gerald R. Molen
Unit Production Manager
Bill Scott
Assistant Director
Nick Marck
Second Assistant Director
Bub Asman
Sound Effects Editor
Robert G. Henderson
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Nicholas Korda
Assistant Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brian L. McCarty
Sound Recordist

Alan Robert Murray
Supervising Sound Editor
Art Rochester
Sound Mixer
Norman B. Schwartz
Dialogue Editor
Richard Thornton
Boom Operator
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Brooke Henderson Ward
Assistant Sound Editor
Jerry D. Williams
Special Effects
Bruno Van Zeebroeck
Special Effects
Jan Aaris
Special Effects
Joseph Hurley
Assistant Art Director
Donald Krafft
Leadman
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Ray Mercer Jr.
Property Master
Arthur Shippee
Assistant Property Master
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Barbara Lambertson
Extras Casting
Tony Faso
Costumer
Mina Mittelman
Costumer
Eric H. Sandberg
Costumer
Tim Tobin
Assistant Editor
Backdrops & Posters






