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Slow Burn (1986)

Slow Burn poster
Directed by
Matthew Chapman
Genre
drama film, neo-noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective in Los Angeles takes a case involving a missing woman. He gets caught up in a web of secrets and danger.

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What happens

Slow Burn is a 1986 American film noir television movie for Showtime presented by Joel Schumacher (as executive producer) and directed by Matthew Chapman, who adapted the screenplay from the novel Castles Burning by Arthur Lyons. The cast includes Eric Roberts, Beverly D'Angelo, Dennis Lipscomb, Raymond J. Barry, Johnny Depp, Anne Schedeen, Henry Gibson, Victoria Catlin, and Dan Hedaya. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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