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Country: USA, 1992
Runtime: 128 minutes (unrated)
Genre: Thriller
Language: English

Summary

This steamy thriller to end all steamy thrillers stars Michael Douglas as Nick, a boozy San Francisco police detective who finds himself drawn to the prime suspect in a murder case--manipulative, sexually uninhibited novelist Catherine Trammell (Sharon Stone). Catherine's latest book features a murder uncannily similar to the one Nick is investigating, and as the pair engage in a mating dance of dangerous one-upmanship, more murders occur, all described in her current work, about a boozy cop in love with a killer. Nick's psychiatrist (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and cop partner (George Dzundza) are both worried about him, and Catherine’s jealous lesbian lover (Leilani Sarelle) may be trying to kill him, but Nick is just too turned on to care.
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Cast

Michael Douglas .... Detective Nick Curran
Sharon Stone .... Catherine Tramell
George Dzundza .... Gus
Jeanne Tripplehorn .... Elisabeth Garner
Denis Arndt .... Lieutenant Walker
Leilani Sarelle .... Roxy
Bruce A. Young .... Andrews
Chelcie Ross .... Captain Talcott
Dorothy Malone .... Hazel Dobkins
Wayne Knight .... John Correli
Daniel von Bargen .... Lieutenant Marty Nilsen
Stephen Tobolowsky .... Dr. Lamott
Benjamin Mouton .... Harrigan
Jack McGee .... Sheriff
Bill Cable .... Johnny Boz


Crew

Writing credits: Joe Eszterhas

Original music by Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by Jan de Bont

Production Companies

Carolco Pictures
Le Studio Canal+ (fr)
TriStar Pictures (us)

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Taglines

A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can't resist the danger.

Flesh seduces. Passion kills.


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