Sunburn (1979)
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Jake (Charles Grodin), an insurance investigator, is assigned to probe the killing of a wealthy businessman in Acapulco. To help him, he hires a beautiful New York model, Ellie (Farah Fawcett), to act as his wife, and they pretend to be tourists on vacation. Art Carney plays Marcus, a local detective who befriends Jake but gets him into various scrapes. Joan Collins also appears as the suspicious Nera. Sunburn was a made-for-TV movie which featured a pop-song soundtrack blaring from characters' tape recorders that included tunes by Herbie Hancock. The movie was based on the novel The Bind by Stanley Ellin. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Charles Grodin, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Sarafian
Synopsis of Sunburn
Jake (Charles Grodin), an insurance investigator, is assigned to probe the killing of a wealthy businessman in Acapulco. To help him, he hires a beautiful New York model, Ellie (Farah Fawcett), to act as his wife, and they pretend to be tourists on vacation. Art Carney plays Marcus, a local detective who befriends Jake but gets him into various scrapes. Joan Collins also appears as the suspicious Nera. Sunburn was a made-for-TV movie which featured a pop-song soundtrack blaring from characters' tape recorders that included tunes by Herbie Hancock. The movie was based on the novel The Bind by Stanley Ellin. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of Sunburn
- Farrah Fawcett-Majors - Ellie Morgan
- Art Carney - Marcus
- Eleanor Parker - Mrs. Throen
- John Hillerman - Webb
- Robin Clarke - Karl Throen
- Jack Kruschen - Gela
- Jorge Luke - Vasquez
- Joanna Lehmann - Mamie
- Bob Orrison - Milan
- Christa Walter
- Miguel Burciaga
- George Belanger - Boardroom Member
- Ken Smith
- Delores Devine
- Charles Grodin - Jake Dekker
- Joan Collins - Nera
- William Daniels - Crawford
- Keenan Wynn - Mark Elmes
- Joan Goodfellow - Joanna
- Alejandro Rey - Fons
- Seymour Cassel - Dobbs
- Alex Sharp - Kunz
- Deloy White - Dr. Kellogg
- Youigi Rogi
- Steven Wilensky - Elmer
- Dick Subley
- Enrique Kahn
- Director(s):
- Richard Sarafian
- Writer(s):
- Steven Oliver, James Booth, Stephen Oliver
- Producer(s):
- John Daly, John Quested, David Korda
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