Fatal Beauty

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Fatal Beauty

Promotional poster for Fatal Beauty
Directed by Tom Holland
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.,
Leonard Kroll
Written by Bill Svanoe (story),
Hilary Henkin &
Dean Riesner (screenplay)
Starring Whoopi Goldberg,
Sam Elliott,
Rubén Blades
Music by Harold Faltermeyer
Cinematography David M. Walsh
Editing by Don Zimmerman
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s) October 30, 1987
Running time 104 min.
Country Flag of the United StatesUSA & Flag of JapanJapan
Language English
Budget Unknown
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Fatal Beauty is a 1987 comedy-drama film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Sam Elliott, directed by Tom Holland. The screenplay was written by Hilary Henkin and Dean Riesner. The original music score was composed by Harold Faltermeyer. The film was marketed with the tagline "An earthquake is about to hit L.A. It's called Detective Rita Rizzoli."

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  • An earthquake is about to hit Los Angeles. It has a name: Detective Rita Rizzoli.

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Detective Rita Rizzoli (Goldberg) is a crusading narcotics police officer in Los Angeles assigned to track down some killer cocaine. She poses as a prostitute and is soon hot after two small-time hoods who murder their way in hopes of becoming kingpins. Right from the beginning, Mike Marshak (Elliott), a security agent working for Rizzoli's prime suspect, takes a special interest in Rizzoli, at first for his boss, then later in the detective, as a romance develops. Their love scene was controversially abbreviated in the North American release, due to the racial taboo at the time.

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