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After Dark, My Sweet

5.7

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Original title

After Dark, My Sweet

Year

1990

Running time

114 min.

Country

United States

Director

James Foley

Screenwriter

James Foley, Robert Redlin. Novel: Jim Thompson

Cast

Music

Maurice Jarre

Cinematography

Mark Plummer

Producer

Avenue Pictures

Genre

Drama. Mystery. Thriller | Neo-noir. Crime. Boxing

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Jim Thompson Adaptations

Synopsis

1990 was a good year for gritty adaptations of the books of Jim Thompson. In addition to The Grifters, this disturbing yet highly entertaining melodrama represented a miniature revival for the novelist. Patric stars as Collie, a literally punch-drunk ex-boxer who is on the run from a mental institution. Dazed, Collie wanders into the seedier side of Palm Springs and becomes tragically entangled with an alcoholic widow (Ward) and a local con man (Dern) who are hatching a scheme to pick up some quick bucks. After Dark, My Sweet is an excellent and claustrophobic study of three social misfits caught in a dangerous pas de trois.

Awards: 1990: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Nom. for Most Promising Actor (Patric)

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"“After Dark, My Sweet” is the movie that eluded audiences; it grossed less than $3 million, has been almost forgotten, and remains one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern films noir. It captures above all the lonely, exhausted lives of its characters. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times

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After Dark, My Sweet

1990

James Foley

5.7

(179)