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Trouble in Mind (1985)

Trouble in Mind poster
Directed by
Alan Rudolph
Genre
drama film, crime film, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An ex-cop gets out of prison and goes back to a rainy, crime-ridden city. He meets a troubled young woman and her scheming husband, and gets drawn into their dangerous world.

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What happens

Trouble in Mind is a 1985 American neo-noir film written and directed by Alan Rudolph and starring Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Geneviève Bujold, and Lori Singer, with an out-of-drag appearance by Divine. The story follows an ex-cop just released from jail after serving time for a murder sentence as he returns to the mean streets of the fictional "Rain City", inspired by and filmed in Seattle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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