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Subgenre Sampler

 
Bad BloodBad Blood (1981) Recommended
Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Jack Thompson, Carol Burns, Denis Lill
A gripping drama based on the factual account of Stan Graham, who in 1941 murdered four policemen and sparked one of the greatest manhunts in New…
Bergerac (TV Series)Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Nettles, Terence Alexander
Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
Blow OutBlow Out (1981) Recommended
Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
A seemingly ordinary car–crash is found by sound–recordist John Travolta to have sinister overtones when he rewinds his chance taping of…
Body HeatBody Heat (1981) Recommended
Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner
Loose remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a noir classic in itself. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner embark on a torrid affair and conspire to murder her…
Border, TheBorder, The (1981)
Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine
Rather underrated drama set along the Texas–Mexico borderlands, where a soiled but still–idealistic cop (Nicholson) becomes embroiled…
Coup de TorchonCoup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981) Recommended
Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Philippe Noiret, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
Mordantly humourous suspense set in dusty French Senegal, with Noiret playing a much–abused police chief who begins to have dreams of…
Dead KidsDead Kids (Strange Behaviour) (1981)
Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher
Minor cult item concerning a series of nasty murders in a small town, which may be connected to a deranged scientist and his psychology experiments.…
Evil Under the SunEvil Under the Sun (1981)
Dir. Guy Hamilton
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Colin Blakely
Murder at a resort hotel, with Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. An all–star cast and top production values, with sun and sea…
Eye of the NeedleEye of the Needle (1981)
Dir. Richard Marquand
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove
Donald Sutherland plays a German agent with a deadly secret in this above–average WW2 suspense yarn that builds to an impressive,…
Green IceGreen Ice (1981)
Dir. Ernest Day
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Anne Archer, Omar Sharif
Cheesy, outlandish heist romance finds Ryan O'Neal embroiled in the high–stakes world of emerald smuggling. Omar Sharif is good value as an…

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