Blow Out
July 24, 1981
Overview
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack...More
While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other passenger is already dead — a governor intending to run for president. As Jack does some investigating of his tapes, and starts a perilous romance with Sally, he enters a tangled web of conspiracy that might leave him dead.
Cast and crew
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Brian De Palma
Director
John Travolta
Jack Terry
Nancy Allen
Sally Badina
John Lithgow
Burke
Dennis Franz
Manny Karp
Peter Boyden
Sam
John Aquino
Det. Mackey
John McMartin
Lawrence Henry
Deborah Everton
Hooker
J. Patrick McNamara
Detective at Hospital
Roger Wilson
Coed Lover
MC
Missy Cleveland
Coed Lover
CM
Curt May
Donahue
LE
Lori-Nan Engler
Sue
BS
Barbara Sigel
Girl Lover
DDF
David De Felice
Boy Lover
Roberto Lombardi
Train Passenger
MC
Missy Crutchfield
Dancing Coed
Cindy Manion
Dancing Coed
MB
Marcy Bigelman
Ecstatic Coed
AK
Ann Kelly
Studious Coed
DB
Dean Bennett
Campus Guard
JCJ
John Coppolino Jr.
Maniac
AL
Archie Lang
Mixer
DR
Dave Roberts
Anchorman
CC
Claire Carter
Anchorwoman
MC
Maurice Copeland
Jack Manners
JH
John Hoffmeister
Governor McRyan
TJM
Thomas J. McCarthy
Policeman at Hospital
RMW
Reginald M. Wallace
Policeman at Hospital
RLP
Robert L. Penrose
Hospital Administrator
LW
Larry Woody
Doctor
DM
Dick McGarvin
TV Newscaster
MB
Michael Borghese
Newsdealer
RF
Rossana Fichera
Receptionist
James Jeter
Film Lab Man
LT
Luddy Tramontana
Freddie Corso
SD
Sid Doherty
Cop in Car
MF
Milt Fields
Mobster
BS
Bud Seese
Corrupt Captain
MS
Maureen Sullivan
First Murder Victim
BC
Brian Corrigan
Cop at Karp's Office
EF
Elaine Filoon
Screamer
Robin Sherwood
Betty
Tim Choate
Sailor
BC
B.J. Cyrus
Sailor's Friend
DD
Dave DeAngelis
Sailor's Friend
TF
Thomas Finn
Sailor's Friend
Tony Devon
Sailor's Friend
HC
Henry Cohen
Ambulance Attendant
Bernie Rachelle
Ambulance Attendant
WT
William Tarman
Security Guard
MT
Michael Tearson
Hawker