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Blow Out

Blow Out
★ 7.3/10•1981•1h 48m•R•Crime•Mystery•Thriller

Murder has a sound all of its own.

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.

Brian De Palma · Director

Brian De Palma · Writer

Bill Mesce Jr. · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 48m
LanguageEN
Release DateJul 24, 1981
Budget$18,000,000
Revenue$12,000,000

Actors

John Travolta

John Travolta

Jack Terry

Nancy Allen

Nancy Allen

Sally Badina

John Lithgow

John Lithgow

Burke

Dennis Franz

Dennis Franz

Manny Karp

Peter Boyden

Peter Boyden

Sam

John Aquino

Det. Mackey

John McMartin

John McMartin

Lawrence Henry

Deborah Everton

Deborah Everton

Hooker

J. Patrick McNamara

J. Patrick McNamara

Detective at Hospital

Roger Wilson

Roger Wilson

Coed Lover

Missy Cleveland

Missy Cleveland

Coed Lover

Curt May

Donahue

Lori-Nan Engler

Sue

Barbara Sigel

Girl Lover

David De Felice

Boy Lover

Roberto Lombardi

Roberto Lombardi

Train Passenger

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