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A Small Killing

A Small Killing

1981TV Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
CrimeDramaRomance
6.7
IMDB Rating
64 votes

A policeman masquerades as a homeless alcoholic and teams up with a bag lady, who is really a college professor, to bring a drug lord's assassin to justice in this memorable drama. Along the way, the two disparate partners find th...

Director
Steven Hilliard Stern
Writers
Richard Barth, Burt Prelutsky
Stars
Edward Asner, Jean Simmons, Andrew Prine
Release Date
November 24, 1981
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Edward Asner
Edward Asner
as Simon 'Si' Shaber
Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons
as Margaret Lawrence
Andrew Prine
Andrew Prine
as Lieutenant Ward Arlen
J. Pat O'Malley
J. Pat O'Malley
as Charley
Mary Jackson
Mary Jackson
as Rose
Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
as Sadie Ross
John Steadman
John Steadman
as Leon
Kent Williams
Kent Williams
as Michael
Matthew Faison
Matthew Faison
as Earl Rice
Anne Ramsey
Anne Ramsey
as Doris

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Southern California, California, USA
Production
Motown Productions, Orgolini-Nelson Productions

🏷️ Keywords

based on novel

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

A criminal comedy from the gutter perspective of bums and bag ladies.
by clanciai2024-06-26
8/10

"I have seen Jean Simmons in most of her roles but this is a special treat. She was great already as a child actress ('Estella' inDavid Lean's "Great Expectations") but proved with the years to have almost an infinity of variety of roles, from the slave girl (in Startacus') to an abused mental patient (in 'Home Before Dark'), constantly varying her repertoire and always being excellent without ever winning an Oscar. Here she is the perfect bag lady joining hands with bums and other undesirables, one of them turning out to be a cop in disguise, masqueradin..."

📖 Synopsis

A policeman masquerades as a homeless alcoholic and teams up with a bag lady, who is really a college professor, to bring a drug lord's assassin to justice in this memorable drama. Along the way, the two disparate partners find th...