Miami Blues
Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.
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Release Date
4/20/1990Runtime
97 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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$9,888,167Homepage
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A darkly romantic crime spree where a freshly-released ex-con and a vulnerable sex worker spiral into delusion together, mistaking danger for romance and performance for truth. The film finds dark humor in the collision between their fragile dreams and the chaos they create.
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Fred Ward
Sergeant Hoke Moseley
Alec Baldwin
Frederick J. Frenger Jr.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Susie Waggoner
Nora Dunn
Ellita Sanchez
Charles Napier
Sergeant Bill Henderson
Shirley Stoler
Edie Wulgemuth
Bobo Lewis
Edna Damrosch
Obba Babatundé
Blink Willie
José Pérez
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Paul Gleason
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Cecilia Pérez-Cervera
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Georgie Cranford
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