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What if Hitchcock had a baby with your weirdest uncle and that baby REALLY hated milk thieves?

Neo-noir fever dreamSuburban rotDebbie Harry's eyebrows

Overview

Comedy Drama Mystery

A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.

Content warning

paranoia neo-noir milk

Obsession and compulsionMarital suffocationThe banality of evilPerformance of normalcy

Standout Aspects

Acting

Dennis Lipscomb's clammy, vibrating paranoia is deliciously wrong

Production

Gritty 1950s New Jersey recreated on a shoestring that somehow works

Costume

Debbie Harry serving bored housewife realness in every frame

Best for:Solo·Rewatch

Heads up:Violence

Director

Marcus Reichert

ReleasedSep 26, 1980

Runtime1h 26m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonedark

Feelmedium

Budget$500K

Kinesis Ltd.

Top Cast

Debbie Harry

Lillian

Dennis Lipscomb

Harlan

Irina Maleeva

The Contessa

Everett McGill

Larry Longacre

Pat Benatar

Jeanette Florescu

Tony Azito

Alphonse Florescu

Sam McMurray

The Vagrant

Terry Walsh

Paper Boy

Taylor Mead

Walter

Wolfgang Zilzer

Ludendorff

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