| Black Widow | |
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| Directed by | Bob Rafelson |
| Written by | Ronald Bass |
| Produced by | Laurence Mark Harold Schneider |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Conrad L. Hall |
| Edited by | John Bloom |
| Music by | Michael Small |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $25.2 million[2] |
Black Widow is a 1987 American neo-noir[3] thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson, from a screenplay by Ronald Bass. It stars Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey, and Nicol Williamson. Dennis Hopper has a short role at the beginning of the film.
It is a crime drama about two women: one who murders wealthy men whom she has married for their money (and keeps moving west), and the other an agent with the Department of Justice who grows obsessed with bringing her to justice.
- ^ "Black Widow (1987)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ "Black Widow". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; eds. (1992). Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5