Movie
Breathless
1983R1h 40m5.9 / 10
He's the last man on earth any woman needs...and every woman wants.
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
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Synopsis
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
More about Breathless
Cast
Richard GereJesse
Valérie KapriskyMonica
Art MetranoBirnbaum
John P. RyanLt. ParmentalWilliam TepperPaul
Robert DunnSgt. Enright
Garry GoodrowBerrutti
Lisa Jane PerskySalesgirlCredits
- Directed by
- Jim McBride
- Written by
- Jim McBride, L.M. Kit Carson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $7.5M
- Box office
- $19.9M
Production
Orion PicturesUnited States- Breathless Associates
- Miko Productions
Themes
eroticismextramarital affairfinal examfugitive loverslos angeles, californiamexicomotelon the run
