"The Most Dangerous Choices Are Made With The Heart."

1988

1h 33m

5.7(84 votes)

Thriller

Overview

When a corrupt American businessman tries to strong arm his way into businesses in Newcastle, England, he is thwarted by a club attendant and his waitress girlfriend.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

49 members

Acting

Melanie Griffith

Kate

Acting

Tommy Lee Jones

Cosmo

Acting

Sting

Finney

Acting

Sean Bean

Brendan

Acting

Alison Steadman

Mayor

Acting

Scott Hoxby

Bob

No Image

Acting

Mark Long

Patrick

Acting

James Cosmo

Tony

Acting

Andrzej Borkowski

Andrej

Acting

Dorota Zięciowska

Christine

Acting

Prunella Gee

Mrs. Finney

Acting

Heathcote Williams

Peter Reed

Acting

Catherine Chevalier

Cosmo's Secretary

Acting

Richard Hawley

Weegee's Manager

Acting

Caroline Hutchison

Finney's Secretary

Acting

Roderic Leigh

Councillor Perry

No Image

Acting

Brian Lewis

Jim

No Image

Acting

Ying Tong John

1st Heavy

Acting

Mick Hamer

Pianist

Acting

Ian Hinchcliffe

Man at Record Shop

No Image

Acting

Les Wilde

Customs Officer

No Image

Acting

Desmond Gill

Man in Airport Lounge

No Image

Acting

Benny Graham

Passport Officer

No Image

Acting

Brendan P. Healy

Airport Official

Crew

Clive Curtis

Cosmo's Bodyguard

No Image

Acting

Fiona Sloman

Hotel Receptionist

Acting

Dulice Liecier

Carol

Acting

Elizabeth M. Mason

Waitress

Acting

Tony Bluto

Chef

No Image

Acting

Don Weller

Himself

Acting

Andrew Cleyndert

Don Weller Band

Acting

Mark Taylor

Don Weller Band

No Image

Acting

Nick Pyne

Don Weller Band

No Image

Acting

Nicholas Lumley

Bouncer

Acting

Cy Benson

Bouncer

Acting

Keith Edwards

Barman

No Image

Acting

Louise Hobkinson

Finney's Woman

Acting

Guy Manning

Hotel Waiter

No Image

Acting

Peter Marshall

Chief Constable

Acting

Czeslaw Grocholski

Old Polish Man

Acting

Denny Ferguson

Night Porter

No Image

Acting

Bill Fellows

Workman

Acting

Al Matthews

Radio DJ

Sound

Charlie Hart

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Acting

Paul Jolly

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Acting

Terry Day

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Acting

Mel Davis

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Acting

Ed Deane

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Acting

Davey Payne

The Krakow Jazz Ensemble

No Image

Similar Movies

5.7

1992

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth

Pinhead is set loose on the sinful streets of New York City to create chaos with a fresh cadre of Cenobitic kin.

Movie

4.2

2008

Toxic

The lives of a nightclub owner, a crime boss, a stripper, a bartender, two hitmen, a prostitute and a psychic take a turn for the worse when they are trapped in an escaped mental patient's sinister path of madness and destruction.

Movie

6.2

2007

Stuck

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Movie

5.4

1984

Fear City

Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A hard-nosed police detective and a conflicted ex-boxer-turned-private-eye, hired by the strip club owners, set out to find him before he strikes again.

Movie

6.6

1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

Movie

4.3

1976

Black Cobra

After a swift courtship, wealthy bachelor Judas Carmichael invites a topless dancer to live with him and his abundant collection of exotic snakes.

Movie

6.1

1981

Sharky's Machine

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

Movie

4.3

2010

Dead Cert

A gang of tough London gangsters get more than they bargained for when a group of businessmen make an offer to buy their club, the Inferno. They turn out to be nothing less than Vampires wanting their land back and turn viciously on the gangsters when their demands are not met.

Movie

5.1

1970

Dorian Gray

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.

Movie

5.3

1954

The Human Jungle

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

Movie

5.1

1968

Salt & Pepper

After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?

Movie

4.2

2010

American Fetish

When the son of an alleged killer inherits a "blue movie" that may be the key to solving a 50 year old murder, he finds himself drawn into a forbidden world of sexual obsession. But the closer he gets to the heart of the mystery, the more the past threatens to reach out into the present and reveal terrifying truths that lead him to the brink of madness.

Movie

5.9

1998

Lulu on the Bridge

This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Movie

6.8

1948

Road House

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.

Movie

5.6

1996

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.

Movie

5.7

1995

The Immortals

An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the violence escalates, the team members discover just who their real target has been all along - and the shocking truth they have in common.

Movie

2.0

1991

El invierno en Lisboa

Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer.

Movie

4.3

1993

Conflict of Interest

A police officer must clear his son's name in the murder of a beautiful woman amidst the exciting and erotic world of heavy metal night clubs.

Movie

6.2

1949

The Bribe

United States Federal agent Rigby travels to the Central American island Carlotta to investigate a stolen aircraft engines smuggling racket.

Movie

6.7

1952

The Sniper

Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.

Movie

Recommended Movies

6.1

1989

The Church

In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.

Movie

6.4

1983

The Prize of Peril

In a futuristic society, contestants pit their survival skills against each other in a fight to the death for cash prizes, and the contest is aired live on television.

Movie

6.0

1989

Leviathan

Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.

Movie

5.5

1988

Punchline

Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.

Movie

7.2

2018

Kevin Bridges: The Brand New Tour

Comedy superstar Kevin Bridges returns to the stage in 2018 with his sell out new show -- The Brand New Tour. The show was filmed as part of Kevin’s UK and Ireland tour and his 19 night residency at the Glasgow Hydro. It’s written and performed by a comedian at the top of his game with Kevin giving his take on the modern world, social media, anxiety, religion, conversations with his dog and having Barack Obama as his support act. This is by far Kevin’s best show to date and really is a stand up masterclass.

Movie

5.2

1998

You Laugh

Two segments: In the first one Felice, a baritone who has had to give up his career because of a heart condition and now works as an accountant at the Opera, inexplicably spends his nights laughing in his sleep. When his best friend, a cripple, takes his life and his wife abandons him Felice decides to die himself. In the second segment two kidnappings in Sicily, the second of which took place a century before the present one, are compared.

Movie

5.7

1988

April Morning

A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.

Movie

Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods

6.2

1972

Love and Death in the Garden of the Gods

An old professor rents a mysterious old villa, and finds a tape recorded by a previous occupant, detailing her debauched lifestyle and the events leading to her murder.

Movie

6.0

2009

Solomon Kane

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.

Movie

6.3

2019

Gemini Man

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

Movie

8.2

2006

The Departed

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Movie

6.4

2015

Nothing in Return

One summer, Dario flees the hellish environment of his home. Luismi, unconditional friend, a poor devil with pretensions of winning, and Antonia, an old woman who collects abandoned his motorcar furniture, become his new family. Three generations living together in a city too big to be alone.

Movie

6.4

2002

Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring

The Oscar-winning cat-and-mouse twosome--Tom and Jerry--returns with another adventure. When Tom and Jerry's irrepressible curiosity gets the best of them, the mysterious magic ring that Tom guards with his life ends up stuck over Jerry's head. Now, Jerry must find a way to free himself of the ring while fleeing Tom, who wants to remove the ring any way he can! Find out if the pair can conjure up a solution in this fur-raising, madcap escapade.

Movie

6.5

2008

Summer Hours

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with her estate.

Movie

7.2

1953

The Return of Don Camillo

Energetic priest Don Camillo returns to the town of Brescello for more political and personal duels with Communist mayor Peppone.

Movie

7.5

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

Movie

7.3

1971

Death in Venice

Composer Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice for health reasons. There, he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty of an adolescent Polish boy named Tadzio who is staying with his family at the same Grand Hôtel des Bains on the Lido as Aschenbach.

Movie

6.8

1984

Body Double

After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies a gorgeous woman dancing in her window. But when he witnesses the girl's murder, it leads Scully through the netherworld of the adult entertainment industry on a search for answers—with porn actress Holly Body as his guide.

Movie

7.1

1924

The Navigator

The wealthy and impulsive Rollo Treadway decides to propose to his beautiful socialite neighbor, Betsy O'Brien. Although Betsy turns Rollo down, he still opts to go on the cruise that he intended as their honeymoon. When circumstances find both Rollo and Betsy on the wrong ship, they end up having adventures on the high seas.

Movie

7.2

2002

28 Days Later

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.

Movie