Third Degree Burn

May 28, 1989

1h 40m

★ 4.1

Overview

A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

HBO Films

Third Degree Burn Trailers

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Cast

Scott Weston

Treat Williams

Anne Scholes

Virginia Madsen

Clay Reynolds

Richard Masur

Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)

CCH Pounder

Anita Stevens (as Mary J. Armstrong)

Mary Armstrong

Lomax

John Aylward

Cantina Musician (as Manny Castro and the Playboys)

Mannie De Castro

Del Routh

George Catalano

Dan Rourke

Michael Chapman

Rental Car Rep

David Paul Cutler

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