Sunburn (1979)
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Genres - Comedy, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film, Farce |
Release Date - Aug 10, 1979 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Michael Betzold
Jake (Charles Grodin), an insurance investigator, is assigned to probe the killing of a wealthy businessman in Acapulco. To help him, he hires a beautiful New York model, Ellie (Farah Fawcett), to act as his wife, and they pretend to be tourists on vacation. Art Carney plays Marcus, a local detective who befriends Jake but gets him into various scrapes. Joan Collins also appears as the suspicious Nera. Sunburn was a made-for-TV movie which featured a pop-song soundtrack blaring from characters' tape recorders that included tunes by Herbie Hancock. The movie was based on the novel The Bind by Stanley Ellin.
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con/scam, detective, investigator, killing, modeling, role-switching