Street of No Return
1989 film by Samuel Fuller
Street of No Return is a 1989 French crime film co-written and directed by Samuel Fuller, based on the 1954 novel with the same title written by David Goodis. Fuller's final theatrically released film before his death, it stars Keith Carradine and Valentina Vargas.
Plot
Michael (Keith Carradine), a crowd-pleasing singer meets a flashy young woman, Celia (Valentina Vargas), whom he forgets was featured in a video for one of his songs (the film's title track, co-written by Carradine and Fuller). Their passionate affair is truncated by Celia's lover, Eddie (Marc de Jonge), a drug dealer who foments racial antagonism as part of a scheme to buy up valuable real estate. Eddie slits Michael's throat, thereby ending his career and initiating his descent into vagrancy and alcoholism. Arrested for the murder of a policeman, Michael eventually convinces the irate chief of police (Bill Duke) of Eddie's involvement. Violent retribution follows.
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