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The Kill-Off is a 1989 American crime drama film written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, based on a 1957 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson. It was an independent film, produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and shot by Declan Quinn in his film debut.
Feb 9, 1990 · The Kill-Off: Directed by Maggie Greenwald. With Loretta Gross, Andrew Lee Barrett, Jackson Sims, Steve Monroe. Business at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint.
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- Crime, Drama
- Maggie Greenwald
- 1990-02-09
Oct 29, 2019 · Dana Playdoe. 57K subscribers. 72. 11K views 4 years ago. ...more. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097665/"A miserable, manipulative, bed-ridden woman terrorizes her small seaside town by spreading...
The Kill-Off is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson first published in 1957, and reprinted by Vintage Crime/ Black Lizard in 1999. The novel is a bleak tale of murder in a small, dying resort town being torn apart by gossip, racism, incest (actual or alleged), alcoholism and financial difficulties. It was adapted into a film in 1990. [1] [2]
- Jim Thompson
- 1957
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. For her second feature, an adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel, Greenwald almost gets it perfect. As she charts the sordid lives of various no-hopers...
In a seedy New Jersey nightclub, gossip turns to murder when the owner Pete hires exotic dancer Danny Lee, who starts up an affair with barfly Ralph, much to the chagrin of his bedridden wife, Luane. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
Jim Thompson Novel. Declan Quinn Cinematography. Evan Lurie Music. James Y. Kwei Editing. Pamela Woodbridge Production Design. Loretta Gross Cast. Critics reviews. Ralph’s wife is twenty years his senior, bedridden, and possessed of the nastiest tongue on the eastern seaboard.
