Loaded with atmosphere and drenched in the sizzling chemistry between Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin, The Big Easy remains one of the strongest -- and steamiest -- thrillers of the 1980s.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Jim McBride -
Producer -
Stephen Friedman -
Screenwriter -
Jim McBride , Daniel Petrie Jr. , Gordon Greisman , Jack Baran -
Production Co -
Kings Road Entertainment -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Crime , Drama -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 27, 1987, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 1, 2008 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$15.5M -
Runtime -
1h 41m