Plot
A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Release Year: 1994
Rating: 7.1/10 (9,946 voted)
Critic's Score: 85/100
Director:
John Dahl
Stars: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman
Storyline Bridget Gregory has a lot going for her: she's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's married to a doctor. But all of this isn't enough, as her husband Clay finds out. After she persuaded him to sell medicinal cocaine to some drugdealers, she takes off with the money, almost a million dollars, and goes undercover in a mid-American smalltown. Because Clay has to pay off a loan shark who'll otherwise damage him severely, he keeps sending detectives after her, trying to retrieve the money. When Bridget meets Mike Swale, a naive local who is blinded by her beauty and directness, she devises an elaborate, almost diabolical scheme to get rid of Clay once and for all.
Cast: Linda Fiorentino
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Bridget Gregory
Bill Pullman
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Clay Gregory
Michael Raysses
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Phone Sales Rep.
Zack Phifer
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Gas Station Attendant
Peter Berg
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Mike Swale
Brien Varady
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Chris
Dean Norris
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Shep
Donna Wilson
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Stacy
Mik Scriba
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Ray
J.T. Walsh
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Frank Griffith
Erik-Anders Nilsson
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Beston Passerby #1
Patricia R. Caprio
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Beston Passerby #2
Herb Mitchell
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Bob Trotter
Bill Nunn
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Harlan
Renee Rogers
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Receptionist
Release Date: 18 June 1994
Filming Locations: Irvington, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $2,500,000
(estimated)
Gross: $6,138,485
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
USA:
(extended version)
Did You Know?
Trivia: Linda Fiorentino was widely lauded by critics for her performance in this movie but was denied an Academy Award nomination because it came out on TV before a theatrical release.
Goofs:
Continuity:
The ruffled look of Bridget's hair throughout her love scene with Mike is inconsistent.
Quotes: Bridget Gregory:
Who's a girl gotta suck around here to get a drink?
User Review
Classic mystery thriller
Rating: 10/10
One of my favorite films. Linda Fiorentino is wonderful as the evil
Bridgit. Your mouth keeps dropping open as you say "She can't be about to
do that," and then she does. When I first saw the film in a packed
theater
the audience was audibly gasping at some of the plot twists. Do yourself
a
favor if you're seeing it for the first time, go in knowing nothing at all
about the story. Part of the fun is the rollar coaster ride of what
happens
next. Highly recommended!
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