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Crimewave(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-04-12
55%
164 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life
Overview:
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $3,000,000.00
Revenue: $5,101.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Renaissance Pictures
Movie: Crimewave
Top 10 Billed Cast
Reed Birney
Vic Ajax
Louise Lasser
Helene Trend
Sheree J. Wilson
Nancy
Paul L. Smith
Faron Crush
Brion James
Arthur Coddish
Edward R. Pressman
Ernest Trend
Bruce Campbell
Renaldo 'The Heel'
Frances McDormand
Nun
Anne Cooper
Nun
Bridget Hoffman
Nun
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