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The Kill-Off is a american film of genre Drama directed by Maggie Greenwald released in USA on 19 october 1990 with Jorja Fox
The Kill-Off (1989)
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Add to a movie listThe Kill-Off is a 1990 neo-noir written and directed by Maggie Greenwald, based on a 1957 novel of the same name by Jim Thompson. It was an independent film, produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher and shot by Declan Quinn.
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The film is set in a small coastal community in New Jersey where the only action in town is a nightclub called The Pavilion. The owner, Pete (played by Jackson Sims), can barely make the payroll so in an effort to bring in more business, he hires a sultry stripper named Danny Lee (Cathy Haase).Actors
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