Body Heat
1981 · Movie · R · 113 min · ★ 7.0 · 87% critics
During an extreme Florida heatwave, a married woman and a shady lawyer start an affair. As their passion intensifies, they also begin plotting to kill her wealthy husband, only for their plan to start unraveling as complications pile up.
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Details
- Years
- 1981
- Release date
- 1981-08-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (687 votes)
- Box office
- $24,058,838
- Budget
- $9,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy Body Heat if you like hot, noir-style thrillers with tense affairs and escalating schemes; Not for you if you want clean romance or you’re sensitive to murder plotting—otherwise check out similar noir vibes like The Last Seduction or Dressed to Kill.
Pros: scorching neo-noir mood; steamy chemistry; sharp dialogue | Cons: disturbing themes; plot complexity; period heat may drag
Themes
- prison
- infidelity
- florida
- smoking
- femme fatale
- murder
- no air conditioning
- neo-noir
- erotic thriller
- heatwave
Cast & crew
William Hurt
as Ned Racine
Kathleen Turner
as Matty Walker
Richard Crenna
as Edmund Walker
Ted Danson
as Peter Lowenstein
J.A. Preston
as Oscar Grace
Mickey Rourke
as Teddy Lewis
Kim Zimmer
as Mary Ann
Jane Hallaren
as Stella
Lanna Saunders
as Roz Kraft
- CM
Carola McGuinness
as Heather Kraft
Directed by Lawrence Kasdan