After Dark, My Sweet
- Director: James Foley
- Writer: Jim Thompson; Robert Redlin
- Producer: Cary Brokaw; Ric Kidney
CGiii Comment
A slow film noir that seems to be a little out of place in the 90s.
The whole noir genre relies on a completely different mindset which existed 40 years before - audiences [now] are too sophisticated to accept that sort of 'experience' - we have all moved on. A director has to be very, very clever to pull it off.
Watchable, although not a gripping experience.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
An ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom money, and the ex-fighter must make decisions about his loyalties and what is right.
Cast & Characters
Jason Patric as Kevin 'kid' Collins;
Rocky Giordani as Bert;
Rachel Ward as Fay Anderson;
Bruce Dern as Garrett 'Uncle Bud' Stoker;
Tom Wagner as Counterman;
Mike Hagerty as Truck Driver;
James E. Bowen Jr. as Second Driver;
George Dickerson as Doc Goldman;
Napoleon Walls as Boxing Referee;
Corey Carrier as Jack;
Jeanie Moore as Nanny;
James Cotton as Charlie;
Burke Byrnes as Cop;
Vincent Mazella Jr. as Flashback Fighter;
Thomas Wagner