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Blue Steel is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow released in USA on 16 march 1990 with Jamie Lee Curtis
Blue Steel (1990)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 16 march 1990
Length 1h37
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
OriginUSA
Themes Serial killer films
Rating58%
Blue Steel is a 1989 American action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver and Clancy Brown.
The film was initially set to be released by Vestron Pictures and its offshoot label Lightning Pictures, but it was ultimately acquired by MGM due to Vestron's financial problems and eventual bankruptcy at the time.
Synopsis
Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie New York City policewoman who shoots and kills a suspect (Tom Sizemore) with her service revolver while he's holding up a neighborhood market. The suspect's handgun lands on the floor of the market in the shopping area as the suspect is blown backward through the front window.Actors
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Megan Turner)
Ron Silver
(Eugene Hunt)
Clancy Brown
(Nick Mann)
Elizabeth Peña
(Tracy Perez)
Louise Fletcher
(Shirley Turner)
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