8 Million Ways to Die (1986)

Directed by

Hal Ashby

Genre

action film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 149 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alcoholic ex-cop gets pulled into a dangerous criminal world after a woman asks for his help. He tries to stop a drug ring while struggling with his own demons.

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What happens

8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Hal Ashby and starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, and Andy Garcia. It was Ashby's final film, and the first attempt to adapt the Matthew Scudder detective stories of Lawrence Block for the screen. The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone, an uncredited Robert Towne and David Lee Henry (R. Lance Hill using a pseudonym). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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