Blow Out (1981)

Murder has a sound all of its own.

Movie · Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 1h 48m · Rated 7.3/10 on TMDB · Released July 24, 1981

Overview

While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.

Directed by Brian De Palma

Cast

• John Travolta as Jack Terry
• Nancy Allen as Sally Badina
• John Lithgow as Burke
• Dennis Franz as Manny Karp
• Peter Boyden as Sam
• John Aquino as Det. Mackey
• John McMartin as Lawrence Henry
• Deborah Everton as Hooker
• J. Patrick McNamara as Detective at Hospital
• Roger Wilson as Coed Lover
• Missy Cleveland as Coed Lover
• Curt May as Donahue

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