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Blow Out
“Murder has a sound all of its own.”
7.4 / 10• 1981• 1h 48m•R• English
CrimeMysteryThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Travolta
Jack Terry
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Brian De Palma's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Blow Out is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
