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A wildly inventive and entertaining comic nightmare from former Roger Corman prodigy Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), this screwball odyssey is a ride to remember. Jeff Daniels plays clean-cut New York bond trader Charlie Driggs, who accepts a ride home from a strange but attractive ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 1986 | Running Time: 113 minutes
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Jonathan Demme's stylistic choices here hearken back to such 1930s screwball comedies as Bringing Up Baby, with a liberal dose of the danger and insanity of Martin Scorsese's After Hours. The tone of much of this film is lighter than Scorsese's, though, making the transition from comedy to thriller even more disarming when it occurs. A beautifully structured screenplay by E. Max Frye and believable performances with a dark and strangely erotic edge make this a film that really lives up to its ...more
- Jeff Daniels - Charlie Driggs
- Melanie Griffith - Audrey 'Lulu' Hankel
- Ray Liotta - Ray Sinclair
- Margaret Colin - Irene
- Sister Carol East - Dottie
- Leib Lensky - Frenchy
- Sandy McLeod - Graves' Secretary
- Anna Levine - The Girl in 3F
- Jim Roche - Motel Philosopher
- Jeff Herig - Police Officer
- Patricia Falkenhain - Charlie's Secretary
- Ardella Mary Drew - Donna Penski
- Ding-A-Ling - Motorcycle Dog
- Dorothy Demme - Junk Store Gal
- Jonathan Demme - Director
- John Saxon - Executive Producer
- Jonathan Demme - Producer
- Kenneth Utt - Producer
- Edward Saxon - Producer
- Max E. Frye - Screenwriter
- Stephen Lineweaver - Art Director
- Bob Miller - Associate Producer
- Ron Bozman - Associate Producer
- Billy Hopkins - Casting
- Risa Bramon - Casting
- Eugenie Bafaloukos - Costume Designer
- Craig McKay - Editor
- Camilla Toniolo - Editor
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