Headless Body In Topless Bar (1995)
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57% of users liked it
(69 ratings)
The lurid title of this black comedy comes from a New York Post headline for the story on which this film is based. It begins in a seedy bar late at night where a small crowd of customers disinterestedly eye the listless gyrations of Candy, a topless dancer. Among the customers are a corporate… More The lurid title of this black comedy comes from a New York Post headline for the story on which this film is based. It begins in a seedy bar late at night where a small crowd of customers disinterestedly eye the listless gyrations of Candy, a topless dancer. Among the customers are a corporate lawyer, two obnoxious young men, and a wheelchair-bound man. Suddenly a gunman, an ex-con, enters to rob the joint. The bartender resists and is immediately shot in the head. The gunman, alternately charming and totally insane, holds the rest hostage making them do his bidding as he tries to decide whether or not to kill them. The story is shot in real-time, and the minutes tick agonizingly by. At one point he makes them all dance, and at another forces them to play "Truth or Dare" in which they must reveal their dirtiest little secrets. The situation really intensifies when fellow dancer and lover of Candy, Letitia, comes in, and the gunman decides he must extract the damning bullet from the bartender's head. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Bruce
- Written By
- Peter Koper
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1995 Wide
- Studio
- Eclectic DVD Distribution
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Oddly, it works.
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Cast
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Raymond J. Barry
as Man
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Rustam Branaman
as Vic
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Taylor Nichols
as Creamface
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David Selby
as Lumkin
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Biff Yeager
as Joe
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April Grace
as Letitia
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Jennifer Macdonald
as Candy
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Paul Williams
as Carl
