Brad Dourif, Catherine Blore, Charles Hallahan

Streetwise narcotics cop Rita Rizzoli (Whoopi Goldberg) would rather use forceful words and ridiculous disguises than resort to deadly force. But when a lethal form of cocaine known as Fatal Beauty en...( read more  read more... )ds up on the streets, she teams with high-profile security guard Mike Marshak (Sam Elliott) to put the screws to the bad guys. Meanwhile, the closer Rita and Mike get to cracking the case, the closer they get to each other.

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6,742 ratings

R, 104 min.

Directed by: Tom Holland

Release Date: October 30, 1987

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DVD Release Date: February 6, 2001

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  • June 3, 2007
    Believe it or not, one of my favorite Whoopi Goldgerg movies with her playing the role of a narcotives detective and a private security detective in Sam Elliot as they unwilling have to team up to go make the big case.
  • November 6, 2009
    Love this movie. Thought Whoopi was really funny.
  • October 19, 2009
    The worst of the Whoopi '80s movies (that I've seen). See "Burglar" instead.
  • November 22, 2008
    Forgettable action/crime movie
  • October 17, 2008
    No thankyou - Not interested
  • September 4, 2008
    A great movie, lots of laughs.
  • June 30, 2008
    great and so is Sam and Cheech and everybody in here!!
    Jennifer Warren is really good too
    here!
  • May 15, 2008
    I'm not even interested in seeing this movie.
  • February 23, 2008
    A pure 80's classic! Goldberg is amazing!
  • February 5, 2008
    but i will watch it any time a cheesy cable station runs it.

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Fatal Beauty Trivia


  • He has been a starship captain, a beauty contest producer and a fatal victim of an American psycho.  Answer »
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