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Third Degree Burn

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A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich man (Richard Masur) soon found dead.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1989-05-28

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Roger Spottiswoode

Writer: Yale Udoff, Duncan Gibbins

Spoken language: English

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Original title: Third Degree Burn

Production Companies: HBO Films

Production Countries: United States of America

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