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8 Million Ways to Die is a 1986 American neo-noir action thriller film [3] [4] 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.
8 Million Ways to Die: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks. Former police detective Matthew Scudder, still recovering from his alcohol addiction, is seemingly drawn into the Los Angeles criminal underworld after stumbling upon a local drug ring.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Hal Ashby
- 1986-04-25
Matt Scudder (Jeff Bridges) is a depressed and hard-drinking Los Angeles cop troubled by a shooting that occurred in the line of duty. After Matt meets Sunny (Alexandra Paul), a call...
- Hal Ashby
- Crime, Drama
- Jeff Bridges
8 Million Ways To Die Trailer 1986Director: Hal AshbyStarring: Alexandra Paul, Andy Garcia, Jeff Bridges, Randy Brooks, Rosanna Arquette, Official Content F...
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- 17.2K
- Video Detective
Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage.
8 Million Ways to Die, directed by Hal Ashby, is a crime thriller featuring Jeff Bridges as Matt Scudder, an alcoholic ex-detective turned private investigator. The film follows Scudder's descent into a complex web of crime and corruption in Los Angeles as he attempts to solve a mysterious case involving drug traffickers and a high-class call girl.
163 Ratings. Critics reviews. During his recovery through AA, a detective meets a mysterious stranger in trouble. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.
