
Blue Velvet(1986)
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.


“As the temperature rises, the suspense begins.”
During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

William Hurt
Ned Racine

Kathleen Turner
Matty Walker

Richard Crenna
Edmund Walker

Ted Danson
Peter Lowenstein

J.A. Preston
Oscar Grace

Mickey Rourke
Teddy Lewis

Kim Zimmer
Mary Ann

Jane Hallaren
Stella

Lanna Saunders
Roz Kraft
Carola McGuinness
Heather Kraft
Body Heat is a thriller, crime film released in 1981 exploring themes of prison, infidelity, florida, smoking, femme fatale, murder. Directed by Lawrence Kasdan, it stars William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna. During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
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