Best Seller (1987)

Directed by

John Flynn

Genre

crime film, neo-noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 146 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A career hitman named Cleve wants a police officer and author named Dennis Meechum to write a book about his life. The story follows their uneasy collaboration.

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What happens

Best Seller is a 1987 American neo-noir crime thriller film written by Larry Cohen, directed by John Flynn and starring James Woods and Brian Dennehy. The film tells the story of Cleve (Woods), a career hitman, who wants to turn his life story into a book written by Dennis Meechum (Dennehy), a veteran police officer and best-selling author The words and lyrics to the final score, entitled "Perfect Ending", were written by Lamont Dozier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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