Best Seller (1987)
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Brian Dennehy plays a Wambaugh-type cop who has flourished as a novelist. At the moment, however, Dennehy is suffering from a profound case of writer's block. Coming to the rescue, as it were, is professional hit man James Woods. Recently dumped by his boss, above-suspicion business executive Paul Shenar, Woods is anxious to tell his life story to Dennehy, in hopes of striking it rich with a tell-all bestseller. Shenar, however, takes a dim view of Woods' indiscretions, and for a while it looks as though it's curtains for both Dennehy and his teenaged daughter Allison Balson. Screenwriter Larry Cohen has claimed that Best Seller was based on Strangers on a Train. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- James Woods, Brian Dennehy, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Flynn
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Best Seller
Brian Dennehy plays a Wambaugh-type cop who has flourished as a novelist. At the moment, however, Dennehy is suffering from a profound case of writer's block. Coming to the rescue, as it were, is professional hit man James Woods. Recently dumped by his boss, above-suspicion business executive Paul Shenar, Woods is anxious to tell his life story to Dennehy, in hopes of striking it rich with a tell-all bestseller. Shenar, however, takes a dim view of Woods' indiscretions, and for a while it looks as though it's curtains for both Dennehy and his teenaged daughter Allison Balson. Screenwriter Larry Cohen has claimed that Best Seller was based on Strangers on a Train. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast of Best Seller
- James Woods - Cleve
- Victoria Tennant - Roberta Gillian
- Paul Shenar - David Madlock
- Anne Pitoniak - Mrs. Foster
- Sully Boyar - Monk
- Harold Tyner - Cleve's Father
- William Bronder - Foley
- Phil Hoover - Roud
- David Cass - Cop in Depository
- Martin West - Mature Cop
- Claudia Stenke - Woman at Bar
- Branscombe Richmond - 1st Longshoreman
- Loyda Ramos - Female Officer
- Mark Venturini - Bodyguard #2
- John Howard Swain - Man at Airport
- Gary Kirk - Jason
- Sands Hall - Teacher
- Sydney Urshan - Drug Kingpin
- Clare Fields - Bartender
- David Blackwood - Senator
- Obaka Adedunyo - Man in Car
- Dean Abston - Cabot
- Jeffrey Josephson - Pearlman
- Jenny Gago - Woman in Laundry
- Seymour Cassel
- Wally Burr - Talk Show Host
- Brian Dennehy - Detective Lieutenant Dennis Meechum
- Allison Balson - Holly Meechum
- George Coe - Graham, Madlock's Lawyer
- Mary Carver - Cleve's mother
- Kathleen Lloyd - Annie
- Edward Blackoff - Thorn
- E. Brian Dean - Taxi Driver
- Ted Markland - Man in Bar
- Hank Woessner - Man
- David Ursin - Meechum's Lawyer
- Peter T. Stader - Dock Worker
- Jeff Ramsey - 4th Bodyguard
- Michael White - Young Cop
- Daniel Trent - Jarvis
- Arlin Miller - News Reporter
- Larry Holt - 3rd Bodyguard
- Brian Gaffikin - Waiter
- James Winburn - Supervisor
- David Byrd - Quentin
- Samuel V. Baldoni - Man
- Dennis Acree - 1st Bodyguard
- Bill Mitchell - El Paso TV Anchor
- Jay Ingram - Turner
- Michael Crabtree - Man in Bar
- J.P. Bumstead - Rothman
- Director(s):
- John Flynn
- Writer(s):
- Larry Cohen
- Producer(s):
- Carter DeHaven III
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Not For Children, Nudity, Adult Situations, Violence, Adult Language, Brief Nudity)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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