Miami Blues

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Miami Blues (1990)

R 04/20/1990 (US) Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 37m

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Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.

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After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.

George Armitage

Director, Screenplay
Charles Willeford

Novel

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Alec Baldwin

Frederick J. Frenger Jr.
Jennifer Jason Leigh

Susie Waggoner
Fred Ward

Sgt. Hoke Moseley
Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

Stewardess
Georgie Cranford

Little Boy at Miami Airport
Edward Saxon

Krishna Ravindra at Miami Airport
Obba Babatundé

Blink Willie, Informant
Charles Napier

Sgt. Bill Henderson
Matt Ingersoll

Mourning Hare Krishna
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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on September 25, 2014

Miami Blues is directed by George Armitage who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Charles Napier. Music is by Gary Chang and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto.

Ex-con Frederick Frenger Jr. (Baldwin) lands in Miami and quickly continues his criminal ways. Hooking up with gullible prostitute Susie Waggoner (Leigh), Frenger, by now under suspicion for the killing of a Hare Krishna man at Miami airport, steals the identity of the policeman investigating him and ups his crime spree...... read the rest.

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