Die Laughing (1980)
Directed by Jeff Werner
Genres - Music, Mystery, Crime, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Black Comedy |
Release Date - Apr 1, 1980 (USA - Unknown), Apr 1, 1980 (USA) |
Run Time - 108 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this black comedy, a humble cab driver spends his days daydreaming of becoming a rock-star. His blissful reverie is one day interrupted when ends up inadvertently blamed for the assassination of a world-renowned nuclear scientist. Soon afterward he finds that he has a stowaway, the late scientist's chimpanzee, the only one who knows his master's secret formula, which if ever written down could cause the destruction of the world. Now the hapless taxi driver must evade both the cops and two villainous Russian Spies.
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cab-driver, espionage, killing, monkey, nuclear-scientist
