Phoenix

Sep 4, 1998

1h 47m

★ 5.4

In this town, the heat can kill you.

Overview

Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their heads.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Crime

Romance

Production Companies

Trimark Pictures

Lakeshore Entertainment

Graham / Nevinny Productions

Phoenix Trailers

Cast

Harry Collins

Ray Liotta

Mike Henshaw

Anthony LaPaglia

Leila

Anjelica Huston

James Nutter

Daniel Baldwin

Fred Shuster

Jeremy Piven

Lt. Clyde Webber

Xander Berkeley

Louie

Giancarlo Esposito

Veronica

Brittany Murphy

Katie Shuster

Kari Wührer

Joey Schneider

Giovanni Ribisi

Chicago

Tom Noonan

Esther

Kathryn Joosten

Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.

6.8

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6.0

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6.5

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6.3

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5.5

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5.4

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5.5

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6.5

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7.2

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5.0

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7.3

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0.0

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6.8

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6.3

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6.0

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7.5

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7.8

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5.0

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10.0

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