Fatal Beauty

Fatal Beauty (1987)

An earthquake is about to hit L.A. It's called Detective Rita Rizzoli.

Detective Rita Rizzoli is accustomed to donning costumes and going undercover to nail crooks. But she'll be required to use all of her get-ups and more when a major cocaine ring is suspected of turning out a potent new strain of the drug, called "Fatal Beauty." With the help of her partner and a former bodyguard for a local cartel, Rita will do whatever it takes to find out who's dealing Fatal Beauty and stop them.

Date of release
1987-10-30
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (102)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Action, Comedy
Director
Tom Holland

Casting

Interesting facts

Fatal Beauty is a 1987 American action comedy crime thriller film directed by Tom Holland, and starring Whoopi Goldberg as Detective Rita Rizzoli, and Sam Elliott as Mike Marshak. The screenplay was written by Hilary Henkin and Dean Riesner. The original music score was composed by Harold Faltermeyer. The film was marketed with the tagline "An earthquake is about to hit L.A. It's called Detective Rita Rizzoli."

Production

In May 1986, Cher was announced as star. In July 1986, John Milius was working on the script and intending to direct. Cher ended up dropping out to star in Moonstruck. By November, Tom Holland was attached as director with Whoopi Goldberg to star. MGM/UA had wanted to cast Tina Turner in the role, but Holland fought for Goldberg. Billy Dee Williams was considered for the role of Mike Marshak before Sam Elliott was cast.

Filming began on February 23, 1987, in Los Angeles. During the filming of one scene, United States Secret Service agents mistook the production for a real robbery, leading to the real Los Angeles Police Department storming the set.

Goldberg and Elliott originally filmed a sex scene, but it was cut from the film after poor reactions from test audiences. Both actors alleged that the scene had been cut because of anxieties about interracial sex, which the studio denied. The Motion Picture Association of America originally gave the film an X rating, but it was later reduced to an R rating on appeal.

Brad Dourif's performance as the villain led to Holland casting him as Chucky in Child's Play.

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