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After Dark, My Sweet (1990) on Netflix

R19901h 54mCrimeDramaMystery

Kevin "Kid" Collins, an ex-boxer out of a mental hospital, drifts into a desert town. Widow Fay Anderson gives him work, and Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker draws him into a kidnapping plan.

  • Netflix2.9/5
  • IMDb6.5/104,880 votes
  • Rotten Tomatoes80%

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Kevin "Kid" Collins, an ex-boxer, has escaped from a mental hospital and drifts into a desert town near Palm Springs. There he meets Fay Anderson, a widow who wants help fixing up the neglected estate her husband left; she lets him sleep in a trailer on the property. Garrett "Uncle Bud" Stoker, an acquaintance who claims to be a former police officer, draws Collins into a plan to kidnap Charlie Vanderventer, a sickly son of a wealthy family.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

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  • Roger Ebert included After Dark, My Sweet on his Great Movies list, calling it one of the purest and most uncompromising of modern film noir and noting it grossed less than $3 million and has been almost forgotten.

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