Miami Blues( 1990)

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Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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
Nora Dunn
Ellita Sanchez
Paul Gleason
Sgt. Frank Lackley
José Pérez
Pablo
Martine Beswick
Noira
Wendy Thorlakson
Noira, Waitress
Gary Goetzman
Hotel Desk Clerk
Kenneth Utt
Krishna Ramba, Head Krishna
Buddy Joe Hooker
Shorty, Drug Dealer Pier
Julie Caitlin Brown
Purse Snatch Victim
Nancy Duerr
Newswoman on TV
Shirley Stoler
Edie Wulgemuth
Carmen López
Woman in Sports Car
Brent Armitage
Carjacked Dealer (uncredited)
Jack G. Spirtos
Pickpocket Victim
Raphael Rey Gomez
Pickpocket
Tony Paris
Pickpocket's Accomplice
Wendy Thorlakson
Toy Store Cashier
William Taylor Anderson Jr.
Crack Dealer
Martine Beswick
Noira, Waitress
Maureen Fitzgibbon
Big Fish Waitress
Steve Geng
Big Fish Robber
Bobo Lewis
Edna Damrosch
Tony Tracy
Musclehead
Roy Datz
Julio
Julie Caitlin Brown
Purse Snatch Victim (as Caitlin Brown)
Marc Mercury
Purse Snatcher
Herb Goldstein
Eddie Cohen
Vic Hunter
Bookie
Gary Klar
Head Bookie
Patrick Cherry
Convenience Store Robber
Lisa Bell
Sausage Girl
Edward Knott III
Supermarket Stud
Joe Hess
Pedro, Pawnshop Guard

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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Thu Sep 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... ...