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I always thought this movie was about...

posted 3 years ago by Alessandro (108)
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...an old car!

I've only seen it now, finally, in May 2022, and all my life I thought of a Chevrolet 3100 with Roy Scheider in it when I read that title.

Cool 80s noir - and ANN-MARGRET, still the hottest female on the planet. How could he ever cheat on HER?

[–] letess (1513) 3 years ago

And Vanity was in this too. Great movie and edgy. Actually lurid. Classic Elmore Leonard.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

A Jaguar XK-E is hardly a Chevy. 4.2 liters, quad overhead cams, a body shaped more like a cock that any other authority mobile before or since.