Blow Out (1981)

07/24/1981 (US) • 1h 48m

Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama

Murder has a sound all of its own.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

John Travolta

Jack Terry

Nancy Allen

Sally Badina

Dennis Franz

Manny Karp

John Aquino

Det. Mackey

John McMartin

Lawrence Henry

J. Patrick McNamara

Detective at Hospital


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$18,000,000.00

Revenue

$12,000,000.00

Keywords

philadelphia, pennsylvania

hitman

presidential election

politics

audio tape

paranoia

faithlessness

yell

conspiracy

tape recorder

whodunit

car accident

audio recording

sound effect

neo-noir

noise

grand

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