Mike's Murder (1984)
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44% of users liked it
(45 ratings)
An ordinary woman is unwittingly led into California's criminal underbelly in this drama. Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) is a bank teller who is involved in a rather sporadic relationship with Mike (Mark Keyloun), a low-level tennis pro who supplements his income by dealing cocaine on the side.… More An ordinary woman is unwittingly led into California's criminal underbelly in this drama. Betty Parrish (Debra Winger) is a bank teller who is involved in a rather sporadic relationship with Mike (Mark Keyloun), a low-level tennis pro who supplements his income by dealing cocaine on the side. One night, Betty finds herself stood up by Mike and discovers that there's a good reason why he hasn't shown up -- he's been killed. It seems that Mike and his friend Pete (Darrell Larson) were acting as middlemen in a deal for one of the city's major drug suppliers. Mike and Pete made the mistake of siphoning off some of the cocaine for their own purposes (Mike wanted product to sell to his customers, while Pete needed to satisfy his growing addiction to coke), and the dealer's thugs had Mike eliminated rather than allowing him to steal from their boss. Betty and Pete want to find out the truth about how and why Mike was murdered, and their journey leads them into the darkest regions of the Los Angeles underworld. Mike's Murder went through extensive revisions between its first previews and its final release; pop singer and songwriter Joe Jackson, then at the height of his popularity, composed a score for the film, and a soundtrack album of his music appeared in stores several months before the film's belated release. However, by that time much of Jackson's music had been replaced with a new score by John Barry. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- James Bridges
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 9, 1984 Wide
- Studio
- The Ladd Company
Critic Reviews
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Anthony Del Valle, Las Vegas Mercury
A wonderful performance by Debra Wiinger helps flesh out this intriguing thriller about a missing man.
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James Sanford, rec.arts.movies.reviews
an unorthodox thriller that's less concerned with scaring viewers than it is with building a carefully controlled atmosphere of menace... a beautifully evoked, vaguely creepy atmosphere hangs over every scene...
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Cast
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Debra Winger
as Betty Parrish
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Mark Keyloun
as Mike
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Darrell Larson
as Pete
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Brooke Alderson
as Patty
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Paul Winfield
as Phillip
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Robert Crosson
as Sam
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William Ostrander
as Randy
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Dawn Abraham
as Beautiful Girl
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Frank Cavestani
as Charles
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Mark High
as Ben
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Gregory Hormel
as Kid Drug Buyer
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Annie Jones
as Party Goer
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Robert Kincaid
as Bodyguard
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Freeman King
as Killer
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Kym Malin
as Beautiful Girl
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Ken Y. Namba
as Sushi Chef
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Víctor Pérez
as Tough Guy
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Dan Shor
as Richard
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Alphonse V. Walter
as Killer
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Randy Wayne White
as Boss Man
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Ruth Winger
as Betty's Mother
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Sarah Zinsser
as Girl in Videotape
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April Ferry
as Boss Lady
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Bruce Marder
as Cafe Worker
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John Michael Stewart
as Tough Guy
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Lorraine Butler
as Beautiful Girl
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James Carrington
as Jim
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Johnny B. Frank
as Blonde Punker
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Steven Solberg
as Party Goer
