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Crime Wave

1985-04-12 · 80 min · ★ 6.4

Comedy · Crime

A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"

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Directors
John Paizs
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Canada
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Eva KovacsKim
John PaizsSteven Penny
Darrell BaranRonnie Boyles
Mark YuillStanley Falco
Neil LawrieDr. C. Jolly
Martin BresinSupervisor
Jeffrey Owen MadenSkip Holiday
Tea Andrea TannerDawn Holiday
Bob CloutierMr. Brown
Donna FullinghamMrs. Brown
Mitch FunkYoung Dad
Angela HeckYoung Mom
M.B. DugganJesus
Douglas SymsNarrator
Roscoe HandfordRoscoe Handford(credited as Cookie Roscoe)

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