Miami Blues is a 1990 film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by George Armitage.
Frederick Frenger (Baldwin), a conman and killer recently released from prison, starts a new life in Miami. He is not a changed man. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna. Fred check into a hotel and meets Susie Waggoner (Jason Leigh), ...
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Miami Blues is a 1990 film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. It was directed by George Armitage.
Frederick Frenger (Baldwin), a conman and killer recently released from prison, starts a new life in Miami. He is not a changed man. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna. Fred check into a hotel and meets Susie Waggoner (Jason Leigh), a prostitute and student at the local community college. They become romantically involved, with Susie harboring fantasies of domestic life. Investigation of the Krishna murder leads police to Frenger, and Sgt. Hoke Moseley (Ward) visits the couple. Moseley is not overly concerned with the case and believes the death to have been an accident, but asks Fred to come to the police station for a line-up. Fred, not wanting to return for prison, goes to Moseley's hotel that night, assults him, and steals his gun and badge. He begins using the badge...
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