Blue Steel
For a rookie cop, there's one thing more dangerous than uncovering a killer's fantasy...becoming it.
1990 | 102m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Kathryn Bigelow |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Eric Red, Kathryn Bigelow |
| Staring: |
| Megan Turner, a rookie NYC cop, foils an armed robbery on her first day and then engages in a cat-and-mouse game with one of the witnesses who becomes obsessed with her. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 16, 1990 |
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| Director: | Kathryn Bigelow |
| Writer: | Eric Red, Kathryn Bigelow |
| Genres: | Thriller |
| Keywords | new york city, obsession, strong woman, wall street, stalker, deception, domestic abuse, female protagonist, policewoman, rookie cop, psychotic, disbelief, woman director, commodities trader |
| Production Companies | Lightning Pictures, Pressman Film, Precision Films, Mack-Taylor Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $8,217,997
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
![BLUE STEEL Trailer [1990]](/extra_thumbs/_G6tZC-qy5E.jpg)
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jamie Lee Curtis | Megan Turner |
| Ron Silver | Eugene Hunt |
| Clancy Brown | Nick Mann |
| Elizabeth Peña | Tracy Perez |
| Louise Fletcher | Shirley Turner |
| Philip Bosco | Frank Turner |
| Kevin Dunn | Asst. Chief Stanley Hoyt |
| Richard Jenkins | Attorney Mel Dawson |
| Markus Flanagan | Husband |
| Mary Mara | Wife |
| Skipp Lynch | Instructor |
| Mike Hodge | Police Commissioner |
| Mike Starr | Superintendent |
| Chris Walker | Officer Jeff Travers |
| Tom Sizemore | Wool Cap |
| David Ilku | Counterman |
| Andrew Hubatsek | Cashier |
| Joe Jamrog | Doorman |
| Matt Craven | Howard |
| Reginald Wells | TV Announcer #1 |
| Heidi Kempf | TV Announcer #2 |
| Toni Darling | Prostitute |
| William Marshall | Hood |
| James Shannon | Maitre D'Hotel |
| Thomas Dorff | Businessman-victim |
| William Wise | Internal Affairs Man |
| Lauren Tom | Female Reporter |
| Faith Geer | Lady Bum |
| Doug Barron | Reporter #1 |
| Carol Schneider | Reporter #2 |
| L. Peter Callender | Reporter #3 |
| Becky Ann Baker | Nurse #1 |
| Frank Girardeau | Uniform Cop |
| Larry Silvestri | Precinct Cop |
| John Capodice | Trial Commissioner |
| Sam Coppola | PBA Representative |
| Bellina Logan | Rookie #1 |
| Ralph Nieves | Homicide Detective |
| Al Cerullo | Helicopter Pilot |
| Michael Philip Del Rio | John Perez |
| Harley Flanagan | Punk #1 |
| James Drescher | Punk #2 |
| George Gerard | Police Cadet (uncredited) |
| Jan Saint | Old Man Playing Chess (uncredited) |
| D.J. Sharp | Vocal Effects (uncredited) |
| Reg Wells | News Anchor (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bill Anagnos | Stunts |
| Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Jery Hewitt | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts |
| Jeff Ward | Stunts |
| James Cameron | Thanks |
| Nathalie Vadim | Second Assistant Director |
| Suzanne Smith | Casting Assistant |
| Rick Washburn | Weapons Master |
| Steven Felder | Production Manager |
| Patricia Bennett | Sound Editor |
| Richard Shissler | Costume Design |
| Susan Demskey-Horiuchi | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Hal Levinsohn | ADR Editor |
| Jack Cooley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Billy Hopkins | Casting |
| Eric Red | Screenplay |
| Thomas Brandau | Sound Mixer |
| Elliot Deitch | Sound Editor |
| Marie-Ange Ripka | Hairstylist |
| Kerry Orent | Post Production Supervisor |
| Ann Ducommun | Assistant Sound Editor |
| David Lyons | Apprentice Sound Editor |
| Michael Herbick | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sacha Semeria | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Denis Zack | Special Effects Technician |
| Janet Paparazzo | Stunts |
| Gary Tacon | Stunts |
| Tom Wright | Stunts |
| James Ellis Deakins | Script Supervisor |
| Michael Steinfeld | Sound Editor |
| Toni Trimble | Makeup Artist |
| Sue Fellows | Assistant Sound Editor, Assistant Director Trainee |
| Kenton Jakub | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Jerome R. Vitucci | Boom Operator |
| Jack Keller | Sound Recordist |
| Wilfred Caban | Special Effects |
| Ursula Canci | Stunts |
| Connie Picard | Stunts |
| Carolyne Chauncey | First Assistant Editor |
| Nancy Griffith | Assistant Property Master |
| Stephen Shapiro | Construction Coordinator |
| Patricia Bowers | ADR Editor |
| Haddon Hufford | Dolly Grip |
| Constantine Makris | Additional Photography, Camera Operator |
| Robert D. Shulman | Key Grip |
| David S. Tuttman | Additional Second Assistant Camera |
| Sylvia Fay | Extras Casting |
| Katherine Venti | Casting Associate |
| Jane Meyers | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Richard Dooley | Location Coordinator |
| Jim Weidman | Music Editor |
| Anne D'Amato | Production Assistant |
| Teri Kane | Publicist |
| Myra Lebo | Production Assistant |
| Danielle Rigby | Production Assistant |
| Nicholas Wolfert | Production Assistant |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Don Picard | Stunts |
| Deborah Watkins | Stunts |
| Chris Lamie | Colorist |
| Susan Senk | Thanks |
| Sandy Hamilton | Property Master |
| Jeffrey Rollins | Set Dresser |
| Deborah Dawson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Kevin Janicelli | Gaffer |
| David Skutch | Electrician |
| Joel David Warren | Still Photographer |
| Bridget Kelly | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Ingrid Price | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Neri Kyle Tannenbaum | Location Coordinator |
| Robert Buckman | Driver |
| Hannah Green | Production Assistant |
| Nancy Karaffa | Production Executive |
| Christopher Mollo | Production Assistant |
| Sandra Maltz Saccio | Production Office Assistant |
| Susan Kaufman | Set Decoration |
| Jeffrey L. Glave | Scenic Artist |
| Daniel E. Mahon | Lead Set Dresser |
| Laura Jean West | Set Dresser |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Denise Brassard | Second Assistant Camera |
| Miguel Jimenez | Best Boy Electric |
| Gary Martone | Grip |
| Eric Swanek | First Assistant Camera |
| Joan Zierler | Additional First Assistant Camera |
| Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton | Wardrobe Assistant |
| James Cozza | Editorial Staff |
| Tim Boyle | Scoring Mixer |
| Gerald Cuesta | Production Assistant |
| Bill Heald | Production Assistant |
| John Ladd | Production Assistant |
| Corinne Needle | Production Assistant |
| Kathryn Bigelow | Screenplay, Director |
| Brad Fiedel | Original Music Composer |
| Lee Percy | Editor |
| Amir Mokri | Director of Photography |
| Risa Bramon Garcia | Casting |
| Toby Corbett | Production Design |
| Richard King | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Celia D. Costas | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Steve Kirshoff | Special Effects |
| Danny Aiello III | Stunts |
| Peter Bucossi | Stunts |
| Nicholas J. Giangiulio | Stunts |
| Don Hewitt Sr. | Stunts |
| Herb Gains | First Assistant Director |
| Tom Glass | Stunt Driver |
| Heidi Levitt | Casting Associate |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Flynn | Associate Producer |
| Diane Schneier | Associate Producer |
| Michael Rauch | Co-Producer |
| Lawrence Kasanoff | Executive Producer |
| Edward R. Pressman | Producer |
| Oliver Stone | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 20 | 36 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 38 | 17 |
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Though this had plausibility issues one could drive a truck through, I enjoyed this movie despite itself. I really enjoyed Jamie Lee Curtis and Ron Silver's charisma and acting, both when they were falling in love and later when they were at each other's throats. Very good soundtrack by Brad Fiedel- ... -surprisingly, I liked it much more than Tangerine Dream's work in Bigelow's earlier Near Dark. If you can forgive the plot holes and just go along for the ride, it's a surprisingly rewarding film.
Normally a werewolf movie will have more werewolves in it than this. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._ ...
Kathryn Bigelow did this, which stands to reason has to be pretty good. She has yet to make a movie that is unwatchable, and in the 1990s she hit her stride. And you can tell it was Bigelow, because Silver actually had a decent performance and Curtis shows her dramatic credentials and proves she ... is more than just a scream queen... but more importantly Ron Silver does a good job and I've only seen him deliver meh at best. But in the end, you still have to take it for what it is, a tense thriller like so many others you have seen before, but a tense thriller with some real class behind it that throws out some seriously great performances, anxiety inducing tension, and lighting that is surprisingly naturalistic for a cheap thriller. With any other director this might have been a bad movie, but Bigelow really delivers.