Miami Blues poster
Screenplay George Armitage
Director George Armitage

Miami Blues

Tagline: Real badge. Real gun. Fake cop.

Release Date: 1990-04-20

Duration: 97 minutes

Synopsis

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.

Casting

  • Alec Baldwin
    Frederick J. Frenger Jr.
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Susie Waggoner
  • Fred Ward
    Sgt. Hoke Moseley
  • Paul Gleason
    Sgt. Frank Lackley
  • Buddy Joe Hooker
    Shorty, Drug Dealer Pier
  • Charles Napier
    Sgt. Bill Henderson
  • Martine Beswick
    Noira
  • Martine Beswick
    Noira, Waitress
  • Nora Dunn
    Ellita Sanchez
  • Obba Babatundé
    Blink Willie, Informant