Writing A Book Is Easy. Writing A Best Seller Is Murder.
Best Seller
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Synopsis
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
- Directed by
- John Flynn
- Written by
- Larry Cohen
Cast
James Woods
Cleve
Brian Dennehy
Dennis Meechum
Victoria Tennant
Roberta Gillian
Allison Balson
Holly Meechum
Paul Shenar
David Madlock
George Coe
Graham
Anne Pitoniak
Mrs. Foster
Mary Carver
Cleve's mother
Kathleen Lloyd
Annie
Sully Boyar
Monks
Charles Tyner
Harold, Cleve's father
E. Brian Dean
Taxi Driver
Jeffrey Josephson
Pearlman
Edward Blackoff
Thorn
Seymour Cassel
Carter
Branscombe Richmond
Longshoreman #1
Details
- Released
- September 25, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Box office
- $4,278,150
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