Crimewave

Crimewave

There's nothing scarier than your first date.

1985•1h 23m•5.5/10

ComedyCrimeHorror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(159)

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.

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Production

Renaissance Pictures, Embassy Pictures, Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Reed Birney

Reed Birney

Vic Ajax

Louise Lasser

Louise Lasser

Helene Trend

Sheree J. Wilson

Sheree J. Wilson

Nancy

Paul L. Smith

Paul L. Smith

Faron Crush

Brion James

Brion James

Arthur Coddish

Edward R. Pressman

Edward R. Pressman

Ernest Trend

Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell

Renaldo 'The Heel'

Frances McDormand

Frances McDormand

Nun

Anne Cooper

Anne Cooper

Nun

Bridget Hoffman

Bridget Hoffman

Nun

Richard Bright

Richard Bright

Officer Brennan

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

Blind Man

Hamid Dana

Donald Odegard

John Hardy

Mr. Yarman

Emil Sitka

Emil Sitka

Colonel Rodgers

Hal Youngblood

Jack Elroy

Sean Farley

Jack Elroy Jr.

Richard DeManincor

Richard DeManincor

Officer Garvey

Carrie Hall

Cheap Dish

Wiley Harker

Wiley Harker

Governor

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