Film
Crimewave
1985 · 1h 23m · Comedy · Crime · Horror
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life
- IMDb
- 5.6
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 57%
- Metacritic
- 34
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Overview
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
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Cast
Reed Birney
Vic Ajax
Louise Lasser
Helene Trend
Sheree J. Wilson
Nancy
Paul L. Smith
Faron Crush
Brion James
Arthur Coddish
Edward R. Pressman
Ernest Trend
Bruce Campbell
Renaldo 'The Heel'
Frances McDormand
Nun
Anne Cooper
Nun
Bridget Hoffman
Nun
Richard Bright
Officer Brennan
Antonio Fargas
Blind Man
Hamid Dana
Donald Odegard
John Hardy
Mr. Yarman
Emil Sitka
Colonel Rodgers
Hal Youngblood
Jack Elroy
Crew
- Sam RaimiDirector · Writer
- Joel CoenWriter
- Ethan CoenWriter
- Robert TapertProducer
- Irvin ShapiroExecutive Producer
- Edward R. PressmanExecutive Producer
- Robert PrimesDirector of Photography
- Arlon OberOriginal Music Composer
- Kaye DavisEditor
- Kathie WeaverEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 12, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $3,000,000
- Revenue
- $5,101
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Horror
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