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59% Critic Match
Out Cold
“They may be murderers, but they mean well.”
5.9 / 10• 1989• 1h 28m•NR• English
ComedyDramaThriller
Storyline
Sunny is married to the butcher, Ernie, and their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Thus Sunny hires Lester Atlas as private investigator in order to collect proof for the divorce. One evening drunken Ernie and his partner Dave have a fight in the butcher shop with Ernie getting knocked out in the fridge where he dies during the night. But it was not Dave's fault but intentional murder by Sunny. Only Lester has proof so Sunny kills him, too. Thus she only has to kill Dave to get rid of all witnesses, but he can free himself out of the fridge and wants to take revenge.
Cast & Crew
John Lithgow
Dave
Lead
Teri Garr
Sunny
Randy Quaid
Lester
Bruce McGill
Ernie
Lisa Blount
Phyllis
Alan Blumenfeld
Lew
Carole Goldman
Mrs. Colby
Larry Miller
Plumber #2
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Malcolm Mowbray's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Out Cold is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
