Blow Out (1981)

MovieCrime, Mystery, Thriller1h 48m
Blow Out (1981) movie posterReview score: 74%

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Plot

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

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John TravoltaJohn TravoltaJack TerryNancy AllenNancy AllenSally BadinaJohn LithgowJohn LithgowBurkeDennis FranzDennis FranzManny KarpPeter BoydenPeter BoydenSamJohn AquinoJohn AquinoDet. MackeyJohn McMartinJohn McMartinLawrence HenryDeborah EvertonDeborah EvertonHooker

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