Heat
Heat is a 1986 American neo-noir dramatic action thriller film about an ex-mercenary working as a bodyguard in Las Vegas. The film was written by William Goldman, based on his 1985 novel of the same name. Heat was directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson. The film stars Burt Reynolds, Karen Young, Peter MacNicol, Howard Hesseman, Neill Barry and Joseph Mascolo.
Plot
D.D. is in a Las Vegas bar with her milquetoast date, Osgood. When a tough-looking drunk flirts with her, then turns mean, Osgood beats him and makes him apologize. It turns out that the drunk is Nick Escalante, who had been hired to make Osgood look good.
More details
author | William Goldman |
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contentLocation | Las Vegas Valley |
director | Dick Richards Jerry Jameson |
editor | Jeffrey Wolf |
genre | action crime drama thriller |
keywords | chaperone compulsive gambler credit card crime boss hang out hotel suite how to injured kill las vegas meet mercenary milquetoast nothing organized crime report set up soldier of fortune suffer talk tie up young man |
musicBy | Michael Gibbs |
producer | Cassian Elwes Elliott Kastner |
publisher | New Century Vista Film Company |
theme | action drama neo-noir |