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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.
Language
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue $12,000,000
English
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue $12,000,000
Keywords
philadelphia, pennsylvania
hitman
presidential election
politics
audio tape
paranoia
faithlessness
yell
conspiracy
tape recorder
whodunit
car accident
audio recording
criterion
sound effect
neo-noir
noise
grand
Casts

John Travolta
Jack Terry

Nancy Allen
Sally Badina

John Lithgow
Burke

Dennis Franz
Manny Karp

Peter Boyden
Sam

John Aquino
Det. Mackey

John McMartin
Lawrence Henry

Deborah Everton
Hooker

J. Patrick McNamara
Detective at Hospital

Roger Wilson
Coed Lover
Missy Cleveland
Coed Lover
Curt May
Donahue
Lori-Nan Engler
Sue
Barbara Sigel
Girl Lover
David De Felice
Boy Lover

Roberto Lombardi
Train Passenger
Missy Crutchfield
Dancing Coed

Cindy Manion
Dancing Coed
Marcy Bigelman
Ecstatic Coed
Ann Kelly
Studious Coed
Dean Bennett
Campus Guard
John Coppolino Jr.
Maniac
Archie Lang
Mixer
Dave Roberts
Anchorman
Claire Carter
Anchorwoman
Maurice Copeland
Jack Manners
John Hoffmeister
Governor McRyan
Thomas J. McCarthy
Policeman at Hospital
Reginald M. Wallace
Policeman at Hospital
Robert L. Penrose
Hospital Administrator
Larry Woody
Doctor
Dick McGarvin
TV Newscaster
Michael Borghese
Newsdealer
Rossana Fichera
Receptionist

James Jeter
Film Lab Man
Luddy Tramontana
Freddie Corso
Sid Doherty
Cop in Car
Milt Fields
Mobster
Bud Seese
Corrupt Captain
Maureen Sullivan
First Murder Victim
Brian Corrigan
Cop at Karp's Office
Elaine Filoon
Screamer

Robin Sherwood
Betty

Tim Choate
Sailor
B.J. Cyrus
Sailor's Friend
Dave DeAngelis
Sailor's Friend
Thomas Finn
Sailor's Friend

Tony Devon
Sailor's Friend
Henry Cohen
Ambulance Attendant

Bernie Rachelle
Ambulance Attendant
William Tarman
Security Guard
Michael Tearson
Hawker
Crews

Pino Donaggio
Original Music Composer

Paul Hirsch
Editor
George Litto
Producer
Fred C. Caruso
Executive Producer

Brian De Palma
Director

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Brian L. McCarty
Boom Operator
Calvin Joe Acord
Special Effects Supervisor
Bruce Weintraub
Set Decoration
James M. Tanenbaum
Sound Mixer
Dick Vorisek
Sound Supervisor
Randall Coleman
Assistant Sound Editor

Brian De Palma
Writer
Joe Cranzano
Makeup Artist
Rimas Tumasonis
Boom Operator
Leo Lotito Jr.
Makeup Artist
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist
David Domeyer
Special Effects
Bill Mesce Jr.
Additional Writing

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Lowell Mate
Dialogue Editor
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Carl Pagano
Cableman

Rick Avery
Stunt Double
Mike Pridgen
Stunts
Durrell Nelson
Stunts
Lewis Gould
Second Assistant Director
Joe Napolitano
First Assistant Director
Jeannine Oppewall
Set Designer

Carey Loftin
Stunt Coordinator
Rick Martens
Gaffer
Lisa Freiberger
Casting Associate
Jan Kiesser
Camera Operator
Joanna Oberman
Extras Casting

Paul Sylbert
Production Design
Dan Sable
Supervising Sound Editor
Vicki Sánchez
Costume Design
Michael Moyse
Sound Editor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Mesce Jr.
Writer
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