ActionCrimeDramaThriller

Miami Blues

- Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.

Release Date : 1990-04-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Orion PicturesTristes Tropiques

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sergeant Hoke Moseley

Original Name : Fred Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frederick J. Frenger Jr.

Original Name : Alec Baldwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Susie Waggoner

Original Name : Jennifer Jason Leigh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ellita Sanchez

Original Name : Nora Dunn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergeant Bill Henderson

Original Name : Charles Napier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edie Wulgemuth

Original Name : Shirley Stoler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Edna Damrosch

Original Name : Bobo Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Blink Willie

Original Name : Obba Babatundé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pablo

Original Name : José Pérez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Frank Lackley

Original Name : Paul Gleason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stewardess

Original Name : Cecilia Pérez-Cervera

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little Boy

Original Name : Georgie Cranford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Krishna Ravindra

Original Name : Edward Saxon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mourning Hare Krishna

Original Name : Matt Ingersoll

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pickpocket Victim

Original Name : Jack G. Spirtos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pickpocket

Original Name : Raphael Rey Gomez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pickpocket's Accomplice

Original Name : Tony Paris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Toy Store Cashier

Original Name : Wendy Thorlakson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Crack Dealer

Original Name : William Taylor Anderson Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Desk Clerk

Original Name : Gary Goetzman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Noira

Original Name : Martine Beswick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Krishna Ramba

Original Name : Kenneth Utt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hooker

Original Name : Kerrie Clark

Gender : Female

Character Name : Big Fish Waitress

Original Name : Maureen Fitzgibbon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Big Fish Robber

Original Name : Steve Geng

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musclehead

Original Name : Tony Tracy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Shorty

Original Name : Buddy Joe Hooker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julio

Original Name : Roy Datz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Purse Snatch Victim

Original Name : Julie Caitlin Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Purse Snatcher

Original Name : Marc Mercury

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eddie Cohen

Original Name : Herb Goldstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bookie

Original Name : Vic Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Head Bookie

Original Name : Gary Klar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Convenience Store Clerk

Original Name : Lou Garr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Convenience Store Robber

Original Name : Patrick Cherry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newswoman

Original Name : Nancy Duerr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sausage Girl

Original Name : Lisa Bell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Supermarket Stud

Original Name : Edward Knott III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedro

Original Name : Joe Hess

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Sports Car

Original Name : Carmen López

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carjacked Dealer (uncredited)

Original Name : Brent Armitage

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Miami Blues is directed by George Armitage who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Charles Napier. Music is by Gary Chang and cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. Ex-con Frederick Frenger Jr. (Baldwin) lands in Miami and quickly continues his criminal ways. Hooking up with gullible prostitute Susie Waggoner (Leigh), Frenger, by now under suspicion for the killing of a Hare Krishna man at Miami airport, steals the identity of the policeman investigating him and ups his crime spree... This is all about the characterisations, for the story is simple and played as a darkly comic hard boiled cop picture. We are in a stripped back Miami, no gloss here, wherever the psychotic Frenger goes, there is crime that he is only too willing to enhance. Quite often with violent but humorous results. His union with Susie is a matter of convenience, as she, the gullible tart with the heart, dreams of a white picket fence house - marriage - babies, he dreams only of her cash and the comfort of cover she affords his criminal doings. Then there is Sgt. Hoke Moseley (Ward), straight out of noirville, world weary, grizzled, incapable of genuine affection, tatty and someone who soaks his false teeth in a glass of brandy! It's a wonderful character brought vividly to life by Ward, especially when Frenger steals said set of teeth! And with Leigh and Baldwin also making good on the characters as written, this is very much worth a look for the acting performances. It's not under seen or under valued, the respective ratings on internet sites and critical appraisals are about right. There's some value in the dark comedy born out of the crime sequences, where we are dared not to smile, and the violence is impacting without hitting us over the head for the sake of it. But without Junior, Susie and Hoke holding our attention, the film would be flat and forgettable. 6/10