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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 8

It’s not for nothing that Kathleen Turner, who was making her debut, would be the prototype for Jessica Rabbit, she starts every conversation with her body, finishing them off with the razor edge of her tongue...

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Cast & Crew

Lawrence Kasdan
Director
Mickey Rourke
As Teddy Lewis
William Hurt
As Ned Racine
Richard Crenna
As Edmund Walker
Ted Danson
As Peter Lowenstein
Kathleen Turner
As Matty Walker
J.A. Preston
As Oscar Grace

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In the sweltering heat of a small Florida town, a young lawyer becomes embroiled in a passionate affair with a beautiful and mysterious woman. As their romance intensifies, they begin to plot the murder of her wealthy husband, but their carefully laid plans take an unexpected turn when they discover that their victim's will is null and void. With the police closing in on them, the couple must navigate a web of deceit and betrayal to uncover the truth behind the crime. But as they dig deeper, they realize that nothing is as it seems - not even their own identities. Will they be able to escape the tangled web of lies and reclaim their lives, or will they fall victim to their own desires?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Body Heat include Witness, The Morning After, Rumble Fish, Wheels on Meals, Something Wild, Silver Streak.

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Body Heat was released in theaters on August 28, 1981.