Cutter's Way (1981)
- Starring:
- Jeff Bridges, John Heard, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ivan Passer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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After emigrating to the United States in 1969, Czech-born director Ivan Passer finally broke through to American audiences with his fourth film, a unique blend of mystery and social commentary. Cutter's Way is set in Santa Barbara, CA, a community of wealth and power. Its main characters, however, are among the town's have-nots: Richard Bone Jeff Bridges, a beach-boy gigolo starting to go to seed; Bone's best friend Alex Cutter (John Heard), a Vietnam veteran maimed in body and spirit; and Mo (Lisa Eichorn), Cutter's alcoholic wife. When Cutter spots one of the community's most prominent citizens in the act of covering up a murder, Bone insists that the police would never take their word over that of a man of wealth and prestige. Cutter seizes the opportunity to blackmail the killer, as a means of striking back at a system he thinks sent him off to an unjust war and ruined his life. The film was fortunate to fall into the hands of United Artists Classics, a new division of the company crippled by the financial disaster of Heaven's Gate. UA Classics adroitly marketed Cutter's Way, riding a wave of rave reviews and good word-of-mouth among more discriminating filmgoers to modest box-office success. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 109 mins
Complete Cast of Cutter's Way
- Jeff Bridges - Richard Bone
- Lisa Eichhorn - Maureen "Mo" Cutter
- Stephen Elliott - J.J. Cord
- Nina Van Pallandt - Woman in Hotel
- Geraldine Baron - Susie Swanson
- Julia Duffy - Young Girl
- Chris Howell - Guard #4
- Chris Noth - Guard at estate gate (uncredited)
- Ron Burke - Guard #6
- Essex Smith - Black #1
- Leonard Lightfoot - Black
- Tony Epper - Guard #2
- George Dickerson - Mortician
- John Heard - Alex Cutter
- Anne Dusenberry - Valerie Duran
- Arthur Rosenberg - George Swanson
- Patricia Donahue - Mrs. Cord
- Caesar Cordova - Garbage Truck Driver
- Jay Fletcher - Security Guard
- Frank McCarthy - Toyota Man
- Andy Epper
- Ted White - Guard #1
- Jack Murdock - Concession Owner
- Rod Gist - Black #2
- Billy Drago - Garbage Man
- Director(s):
- Ivan Passer
- Writer(s):
- Jeffrey Allen Fiskin
- Producer(s):
- Paul R. Gurian, Jeffrey Chernov
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Not For Children, Nudity, Profanity, Violence, Adult Language)
- 1981 - Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Best Screenplay
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