| Butterfly | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Butterfly1982.jpg) Theatrical release poster by Tom Chantrell | |
| Directed by | Matt Cimber |
| Written by | Matt Cimber John F. Goff |
| Based on | The Butterfly by James M. Cain |
| Produced by | Matt Cimber |
| Starring | Stacy Keach Orson Welles Lois Nettleton Edward Albert Stuart Whitman James Franciscus Pia Zadora |
| Cinematography | Eduard van der Enden |
| Edited by | Thierry J. Couturier Brent Schoenfeld Stan Siegel |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Production company | Par-Par Productions |
| Distributed by | Analysis Releasing |
Release date |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.5 million[1] |
Butterfly is a 1982 American independent crime drama film co-written and directed by Matt Cimber, based on the 1947 novel The Butterfly by James M. Cain. The starring cast includes Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Lois Nettleton, Ed McMahon, James Franciscus, Edward Albert, and Orson Welles. The original music score was composed by Ennio Morricone. Financed by Zadora's husband, Israeli multimillionaire Meshulam Riklis, at an estimated cost of US$3.5 million,[2] the plot follows a silver mine caretaker who is reunited with his estranged teenage daughter who wants to take silver from the mine.
- ^ For a fistful of dollars The Guardian 6 June 1981: 11.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (March 10, 2020). "Ten Billionaires Who Were Stung by Hollywood". Filmink.