V.I. Warshawski (1991)
- Starring:
- Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jeff Kanew
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Kathleen Turner stars as V.I. Warshawski in Jeff Kanew's film version of the hard-boiled detective character from Sara Paretsky's series of crime novels. Warshawski is a freelance private investigator in Chicago, who lives the part of the hard-boiled detective. But in her heart of hearts, she is a softy. One night, while she is drinking at her favorite bar, she meets an ex-Blackhawks hockey player named Boom-Boom Grafalk (Stephen Meadows). The two connect and a romance appears to be in the making. But Warshawski is nevertheless surprised when Boom-Boom appears at her doorstep later that night with his 13-year-old daughter, Kat (Angela Goethals) in tow. He asks Warshawski if she could watch her and Warshawski agrees. Later that night, Boom-Boom is killed in a boat explosion and Kit hires Warshawski to track down her father's killer. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 89 mins
Complete Cast:
- Kathleen Turner - V.I. "Vic" Warshawski
- Charles Durning - Lt. Mallory
- Nancy Paul - Paige Grafalk
- Charles McCaughan - Trumble
- Wayne Knight - Smeissen
- Anne Pitoniak - Lotty
- Robert Clotworthy - Phillip Pugh
- Michael Hagerty - Babe
- Gregg Almquist - Bank Manager
- Gene Hartline - Thug #1
- Casey Jones - Drummer
- John P. Marsh - Striker
- Robert Wong - 2nd Bodyguard
- Everett Smith - McGraw
- Geof Prysirr - Ron Whortley
- Doris LeGras - Maid
- Victor Herold - Bassist
- John Fujioka - Suwtora
- Theresa Bell - Stacy
- Jay O. Sanders - Murray
- Angela Goethals - Kat Grafalk
- Frederick Coffin - Horton Grafalk
- Stephen Meadows - Boom-Boom
- Lynnie Godfrey - Sal
- Stephen Root - Mickey
- Tom Allard - Big Eddie
- Lee Arenberg - Flesh
- Mike Bacarella - Cabbie
- Roger T. Ito - 1st Bodyguard
- Professor Eddie Lusk - Keyboardist
- Gary Epper - Thug #2
- Maurice Vaughn - Guitarist
- Aaron Seville - Paramedic
- Herb Muller - Contreras
- Shirley Johnson - Singer
- Sandra Foster - Bank Teller
- John Beasley - Ernie
- Director(s):
- Jeff Kanew
- Writer(s):
- Nick Thiel, David Aaron Cohen, Edward Taylor
- Producer(s):
- John P. Marsh, Jeffrey Lurie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Questionable for Children)
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