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.
Director: | George Armitage |
Producer(s): | Gary Goetzman, Jonathan Demme |
Cast: | Paul Gleason, Jose Perez, Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Nora Dunn, Jennifer Leigh, Charles Napier |
Writer(s): | George Armitage |