Crimewave

Crimewave (1985)

Extermination is not just a business...it's a way of life.

  • Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
  • Release Date: 1985-04-12
  • User Rating: 5.527/10 from 131 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 23min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Renaissance Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Sam Raimi
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Summary

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, the race is on to frame an innocent video surveillance man.

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  • Reed Birney

    as Vic Ajax

  • Louise Lasser

    as Helene Trend

  • Sheree J. Wilson

    as Nancy

  • Paul L. Smith

    as Faron Crush

  • Brion James

    as Arthur Coddish

  • Edward R. Pressman

    as Ernest Trend

  • Bruce Campbell

    as Renaldo 'The Heel'

  • Frances McDormand

    as Nun

  • Anne Cooper

    as Nun

  • Bridget Hoffman

    as Nun

  • Richard Bright

    as Officer Brennan

  • Antonio Fargas

    as Blind Man

  • Hamid Dana

    as Donald Odegard

  • John Hardy

    as Mr. Yarman

  • Emil Sitka

    as Colonel Rodgers

  • Hal Youngblood

    as Jack Elroy

  • Sean Farley

    as Jack Elroy Jr.

  • Richard DeManincor

    as Officer Garvey

  • Carrie Hall

    as Cheap Dish

  • Wiley Harker

    as Governor

  • Julius Harris

    as Hardened Convict

  • Ralph Drischell

    as Executioner

  • Robert Symonds

    as Guard #1

  • Patrick Stack

    as Guard #2

  • Philip A. Gillis

    as Priest

  • Carol Brinn

    as Old Woman

  • Matthew Taylor

    as Muscleman

  • Perry Mallette

    as Grizzled Veteran

  • Chuck Gaidica

    as Weatherman

  • Jimmie Launce

    as Announcer

  • Joseph French

    as Bandleader

  • Ted Raimi

    as Waiter

  • Dennis Chaitlin

    as Fat Waiter

  • Ethan Coen

    as Reporter at execution (uncredited)

  • Joel Coen

    as Reporter at execution (uncredited)

  • Dan Nelson

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Robert Tapert

    as Bar patron in Rialto (uncredited)
Production Edward R. Pressman Executive Producer
Writing Sam Raimi Writer
Sound Arlon Ober Original Music Composer
Production Robert Tapert Producer
Camera Robert Primes Director of Photography
Writing Ethan Coen Writer
Production Irvin Shapiro Executive Producer
Directing Sam Raimi Director
Writing Joel Coen Writer
Production Cary Glieberman Associate Producer
Production Bruce Campbell Co-Producer
Costume & Make-Up Deborah K. Larsen Makeup Artist
Editing Michael Kelly Editor
Editing Kathie Weaver Editor
Editing Kaye Davis Editor
Production Barbara Claman Casting
Directing John Cameron Second Assistant Director
Art Kurt Rauf Props
Art Kim Thrasher Set Dresser
Sound Barbara J. Boguski ADR Editor
Sound Duane Hartzell Dialogue Editor
Sound Burr Huntington Sound Mixer
Sound Dick Le Grand Sound Effects Editor
Sound Don MacDougall Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Glenn Richter Boom Operator
Sound Charles Ewing Smith Sound Effects Editor
Sound David Lewis Yewdall Sound Designer
Crew Martin Bresin Special Effects
Crew William D. Harrison Special Effects Assistant

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