by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
Based on the late Charles Willeford's series of hard-boiled crime novels featuring Miami cop Hoke Moseley, the Jonathan Demme-produced Miami Blues opens with the prison release of Frederick Frenger Jr. (Alec Baldwin), a deranged killer who has barely de-boarded his plane before he's killed a Hare Krishna in the airport. Checking into his hotel, Frenger meets up with Susie Waggoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a young prostitute with dreams of domestic life, and the two quickly become romantically involved. Meanwhile, the Hare Krishna murder case is given to Moseley (Fred Ward), a grizzled vet who vows to hunt down Frenger, but may be getting too long in the tooth for the demands of his job.
characteristics
- Sleeper
- High Artistic Quality
- High Production Values
- Sociopath
- Police-detective
- Criminal
- Crime Sprees
- Tough Guys
- Tracking [following]
- Prostitutes
- Whore
- Streetwalker
- Courtesan
- Prostitute/prostitution
- Hooker
