After Dark, My Sweet
1990 · Movie · 114 min. · United States
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.
Direction James Foley
Cast Jason Patric · Rocky Giordani · Rachel Ward · Bruce Dern · Tom Wagner · Mike Hagerty · James E. Bowen Jr. · George Dickerson · Napoleon Walls · Corey Carrier · Jeanie Moore · James Cotton · Burke Byrnes
Soundtrack Maurice Jarre
Screenplay James Foley · Robert Redlin · Jim Thompson
Cinematography Mark Plummer
Original title After Dark, My Sweet
5.7
143 votes (FilmAffinity)
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