After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

114 min · Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, film noir, neo-noir

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Directors

James Foley

Cast

Jason Patric, Rocky Giordani, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern, Mike Hagerty, George Dickerson, Corey Carrier, James Cotton, Burke Byrnes, Jeanie Moore

The story

Ex-boxer Kevin "Kid" Collins is a drifter and an escapee from a mental hospital. In a desert town near Palm Springs he meets widow Fay Anderson who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her husband left and lets him sleep in a trailer out back, near her dying date palms. Collins stays on Fay’s neglected property, fixing what he can and sleeping among the fading trees.

Catalogue themes and tags

Athlete, Boxing, Boxing Ring, Boxing match, Boxkämpfer, California, Child kidnapping, Enführung, Ex-Sportsman, Kleinstadt, Madhouse, Reiche Witwe, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Erotic thriller, Crime Drama, Psychological thriller, Mystery, Drama, Film adaptation, Crime Thriller, Neo-noir

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mysterie, Thriller, drama film, film noir, neo-noir

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