Miami Blues

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Miami Blues ★★½ 1990 (R)

Coldblooded killer plays catandmouse with bleary cop while diddling with an unflappable prostitute. Violent and cynical, with appropriate performances from three leads. Based on the novel by Charles Willeford. 97m/C VHS, DVD . Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Jose Perez, Paul Gleason, Obba Babatunde, Mar tine Beswick, Shirley Stoler; D: George Armitage; W: George Armitage; C: Tak Fujimoto; M: Gary Chang. N.Y. Film Critics ‘90: Support. Actress (Leigh).

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