Butterfly (1982)

Directed by

Matt Cimber

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silver mine caretaker is reunited with his teenage daughter who wants to take silver from the mine. Their relationship stirs up old tensions and hidden desires.

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What happens

Butterfly is a 1982 American independent crime drama film co-written and directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel The Butterfly by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Ed McMahon, James Franciscus, Edward Albert, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Financed by Zadora's husband, Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, at an estimated cost of US$3.5 million, the plot follows silver mine caretaker Jess Tyler who is reunited with his estranged teenage daughter Kady who wants to take silver from the mine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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