They called it love. The DA called it murder.

Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J. A. Preston, Michey Rourke, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ - great

"My temperature runs a couple of degrees high, around a hundred. I don't mind. It's the engine or something." - Matty

Why watch this? This dark noir homage will fog your glasses for sure.

Plot Summary: Set in a sweltering Florida resort town, this steamy film matches the climate with tons of intrigue, sex, crosses and double-crosses. A seedy lawyer, Ned, purposefully stumbles across a beautiful woman, Matty. Their back and forth courtship is right out of a 1950's detective movie. You'd be plastered, if you took a chilled vodka shot every time Kathleen Turner denies William Hurt's advances. When they finally begin their torrid, quasi-abusive affair, Ned devises a plan to murder her always-out-of-town husband for the inheritance.

Dad's Preview: This seedy film creates a squalid mood, all set in dark places to the groan of a saxophone - this is film neo-noir at its finest. For something sleazy, sexy and criminal, check out this effort, which launched the careers of both Turner and Hurt.

The Ladd Company; Warner Bros.