Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

Directed by

Ridley Scott

Genre

crime film, thriller film, romantic drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 219 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective is assigned to protect a wealthy woman who witnessed a murder. As they spend time together, they grow close while a killer tries to silence her.

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What happens

Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Howard Franklin. It stars Tom Berenger as a police detective who has to protect a wealthy woman (Mimi Rogers), who is a key witness in a murder trial. The film's soundtrack includes the George and Ira Gershwin song from which the film takes its title, recorded by Sting, and Vangelis' "Memories of Green", originally from Scott's Blade Runner (1982). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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