Film

Blow Out

1981 · 1h 48m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Murder has a sound all of its own.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

86

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.

John Travolta

Jack Terry

Nancy Allen

Sally Badina

John Lithgow

Burke

Dennis Franz

Manny Karp

Peter Boyden

Sam

John Aquino

Det. Mackey

John McMartin

Lawrence Henry

Deborah Everton

Hooker

J. Patrick McNamara

Detective at Hospital

Roger Wilson

Coed Lover

Missy Cleveland

Coed Lover

Curt May

Donahue

Lori-Nan Engler

Sue

Barbara Sigel

Girl Lover

David De Felice

Boy Lover

Roberto Lombardi

Train Passenger

• Brian De PalmaDirector · Writer
• Bill Mesce Jr.Writer
• George LittoProducer
• Fred C. CarusoExecutive Producer
• Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
• Pino DonaggioOriginal Music Composer
• Paul HirschEditor
• Lynn StalmasterCasting

BLOW OUT (1981) TrailerBlow Out Official Trailer #2 - John Travolta Movie (1981) HD

Release date

July 24, 1981

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

R

Budget

$18,000,000

Revenue

$12,000,000

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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