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Shadows Run Black

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Shadows Run Black
European DVD cover
Directed byHoward Heard
Written byDuke Howard
Craig Kusaba
Produced byEric Louzil
StarringElizabeth Trosper
William J. Kulzer
Kevin Costner
Shea Porter
George Engelson
CinematographyJohn Sprung
Edited byRaúl Dávalos
Davide Ganzino
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1984 (1984)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Shadows Run Black is a 1984 erotic crime thriller directed by Howard Heard and starring Kevin Costner.

Plot

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The film follows a tough Los Angeles detective as he races against time to discover who is behind a string of brutal serial slayings. Costner plays the film's main suspect.

Cast

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  • Kevin Costner as Jimmy Scott
  • William J. Kulzer as Rydell King
  • Elizabeth Trosper as Judy Cole (credited as Elizabeth Carroll Trosper)
  • Shea Porter as Morgan Cole
  • George Engelson as Priest (credited as George J. Engelson)
  • Dianne Hinkler as Helen Cole
  • Julius Metoyer as Billy Tovar
  • Terry Congie as Lee Faulkner
  • Lee Bishop as Police Officer

Critical reception

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Allmovie called the film "execrable" and an "exploitational slice-n-dicer masquerading as a police thriller".[1]

References

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  1. ^ Buzz McClain. "Shadows Run Black (1985)". Allmovie. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
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